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A giant step toward universal health care
feature With his signature on landmark health-reform legislation, President Obama has launched the first major expansion of social welfare since Medicare was enacted in 1965.
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The political battle over regulating Wall Street
feature Senate Democrats brought a financial reform package to the floor while Goldman Sachs executives endured 10 hours of questioning and Republicans balked at a number of provisions in the bill.
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Oil slick threatens wildlife and energy bill
feature A week after a drilling rig exploded and sank, cleanup crews in the Gulf of Mexico began a series of “controlled burns” of a rapidly growing oil slick.
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The search for a new Supreme Court justice
feature Political and ideological groups were mobilizing for partisan warfare after Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement.
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Reducing the threat of nuclear terrorism
feature President Obama spearheaded a Nuclear Security Summit and gained pledges from 46 nations to work toward locking down all nuclear material worldwide within four years.
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Closing in on financial reform
feature Re-energized by the Obama administration’s fraud lawsuit against Goldman Sachs, Senate Democrats neared passage of an ambitious financial-reform package.
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A pledge to forge Mideast peace in one year
feature The new peace effort abandons the incremental approach that characterized previous talks. The tough issues will be hammered out in a single package deal.
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A fading recovery spurs the Fed to action
feature The Federal Reserve said it would begin pumping $10 billion into the financial system every month to avert a downward spiral.
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A slaughter in Afghanistan
feature Ten doctors, nurses, and technicians who were on a mission to deliver medical care to rural villages in Afghanistan were ambushed, lined up, and shot by the Taliban.
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Kagan joins the high court
feature Elena Kagan became the fourth woman ever to take a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, after winning Senate confirmation largely along party lines.
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More furor over mosque
feature The controversy over the Cordoba House project grew more heated, with the site attracting dueling demonstrations.
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Petraeus urges more time for Afghanistan
feature General David Petraeus warned of civil war if American forces fail to roll back the Taliban, and he hedged on a scheduled July 2011 pullout of U.S. troops.
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Pakistan under water
feature The U.N. has asked for $460 million in international aid, saying the crisis in Pakistan eclipses the 2004 tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and the Haitian earthquake combined.
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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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