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Hot-Button Amendments Complicate Health Reform Bill
As the Senate debates a bill to fix problems in the health care system, amendments concerning government funding for insurance that covers abortions and a "public option" are complicating efforts to pass legislation.
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Comcast Shakes Up Media Landscape With NBC Deal
NBC; AFP/Getty Images The rules that govern who makes television programs and who distributes them are more complicated now that Comcast has agreed to buy NBC Universal from appliance maker General Electric.
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President Obama Sends More Troops to Afghanistan
Pres. Obama at West Point; Courtesy White House President Barack Obama outlined his new plan for the U.S. war in Afghanistan, pledging to send an additional 30,000 U.S. soldiers, but to begin withdrawing American forces in July 2011.
Hungry in America: New Food Insecurity Numbers
Volunteer at Food Bank; AFP/Getty Images Almost 50 million Americans had a hard time putting food on the table in 2008 -- one in seven American households, an increase of 13 million people from the year before.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Begins Second Term
President Karzai; AFP/Getty Images Facing rampant government corruption and a growing threat from Taliban militants, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for his second five-year term.
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Copenhagen Climate Summit
Polar bear; courtesy NOAA The United Nations Climate Change Summit, to take place this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a major event in the worldwide effort to deal with the problem of global warming.
Supreme Court Interprets the Constitution
Justices Sotomayor and Roberts; AFP/Getty The Supreme Court begins its term considering questions such as: do businesses have the same rights as people? Are animal cruelty movies free speech? And where is the line between church and state?

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Baruani Ndume
Refugee Radio Host Wins Children's Peace Prize
I will make sure that I continue with new strength to fight for the rights of children in the camps and in the world, especially through radio programming.
Baruani Ndume, Tanzania

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