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Pelosi announces the House health plan
October 29, 2009After months of struggle by a growing movement outside and inside the halls of Congress, House Democrats released a health care reform plan.
Read moreCongress probes link between football and brain damage
October 29, 2009Roger Goodell, commissioner of the National Football League, faced heated questions accusing the league of neglect of its responsibilities to players with brain injuries.
Read moreNew Yorkers protest education cuts
October 29, 2009Teachers, students and others are horrified at the prospect of hundreds of millions of dollars worth of mid-year budget cuts to public education - and they're fighting back.
Read moreU.S. official quits Afghanistan job over war
October 28, 2009Vice President Joe Biden's foreign policy adviser will meet this week with a respected U.S. Foreign Service officer who quit his job in Afghanistan because he lost faith in the purpose of the war.
Read moreObama to sign hate crimes bill
October 28, 2009Eleven years after Matthew Shepard’s brutal murder because he was gay, President Barack Obama will sign the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law this afternoon.
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