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Health care reform poised to pass, 41 senators support public option
March 15, 2010The White House predicted today that the president's health care reform plan will pass the House this week and, in a related development, even the public option is looking like a very real possibility.
Read moreIn Havana, is it Lenin or Lennon?
March 15, 2010HAVANA - Here is a city where statues of Vladimir Lenin and John Lennon coexist without a second thought.
Read moreWorld Notes: Guatemala, Bolivia, Palestine, Iraq
March 15, 2010In Guatemala, abused women find voice; Bolivia reduces maternal deaths; Palestinian women bear burden of crisis; Iraqi birth defects soar.
Read moreImmigration moves higher on White House agenda
March 12, 2010Immigrant rights activists, labor and faith-based leaders met with President Obama and White House advisers March 11 to discuss moving forward on immigration reform legislation.
Read moreOakland residents demand action vs. banks
March 12, 2010OAKLAND, Calif. - Fighting back tears, anger in his voice, Al Marshall recounted how his "kids were crying when the judgment came down" to abandon the home in which they were growing up.
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