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Gay marriage is off again
feature Gay marriages were put on hold in California again, when the appellate court in San Francisco stayed a lower court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriages to go forward.
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A promise of help from Team Obama
feature President-elect Barack Obama named a high-profile team of economic advisors to his incoming administration and made it clear that jump-starting the economy will be his top priority.
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Obama challenges the car companies
feature President Obama signed an executive order allowing California and other states to set greenhouse-gas emission standards tighter than federal limits.
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Obama ups the ante in Afghanistan
feature President Obama ordered an additional 17,000 troops deployed to Afghanistan this spring and summer, when fighting between NATO troops and the Taliban typically intensifies.
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Automakers ask for more help
feature General Motors and Chrysler pleaded with the federal government to shell out an additional $21 billion, on top of the $17.4 billion in bailout funds they’ve already received.
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Obama signs stimulus law
feature President Obama signed into law a $787 billion stimulus package designed to reverse the momentum of a deepening recession.
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Obama with a commanding lead
feature Barack Obama headed toward the finish line of his two-year-long campaign for the presidency with a growing lead over John McCain in national polls and a commanding advantage in funds.
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Crisis moves from Wall Street to Main Street
feature President Bush said he was open to taking additional steps to stimulate the flagging economy, amid new indications that the U.S. is sliding into a deep recession.
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Israel moves to the right
feature The worst sign of Israel's rightward lurch is the rise of the ultra-nationalist Israel Is Our Home party of Avigdor Lieberman.
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The race to save lives amid Haiti’s chaos
feature More than a week after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and much of the surrounding countryside, millions of Haitians still lacked food, water, and medical care.
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High court lifts campaign curbs
feature A bitterly divided Supreme Court ruled that corporations and unions have the same constitutional right as individuals to fund federal campaigns.
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Health reform advances with Democratic deal
feature Senate Democrats moved closer to passing health-care reform after reaching a compromise on publicly financed insurance plans.
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Nations seek a climate deal in Copenhagen
feature Delegates from nearly 200 nations convened at the U.N. conference on climate change in Copenhagen, hoping to forge a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Scrambling for a climate breakthrough
feature Delegates to Copenhagen were racing to conclude an agreement that would set new goals for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions worldwide.
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