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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 year in review
feature A month-by-month log of the year's events
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End-of-year quiz
feature Here are 32 questions to test your knowledge of current affairs.
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GOP’s triumph puts health-care bill in doubt
feature Health-care reform was left at death’s door after voters in Massachusetts elected Republican Scott Brown to fill the remainder of the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate term.
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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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Obama changes course to address jobs, deficit
feature Shaken by last week’s loss of a once-secure Senate seat in Massachusetts, President Obama moved to address voter concerns over the struggling economy and mounting federal deficits.
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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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Democrats sacrifice the ‘public option’
feature Senate Democratic leaders scrambled to assemble a 60-vote coalition for health-care reform, jettisoning hard-won compromises on a “public option” in an effort to pass a bill before Christmas.
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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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Yemen moves into the terrorism spotlight
feature The Obama administration stepped up political and counterterrorism efforts in Yemen after the Flight 253 “underwear bomber” was linked to the Yemen-based extremists al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula.
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