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Obama: Let's 'fix our broken immigration system'

By News Desk

In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Barack Obama pointed towards hope for lasting immigration legislation in 2014.

Obama praises Affordable Care Act for moral, economic successes

By Elisabeth Ponsot

On Tuesday evening, President Barack Obama used his State of the Union speech to make an economic and moral argument for what he said are the Affordable Care Act's tangible successes.

Congress nears compromise on farm bill

By PBS News Hour

After two years of work and battle, Congress seems close to a farm bill deal. Gwen Ifill talks to Bloomberg News' Alan Bjerga about what's in the bipartisan compromise -- including changes to farm subsidies and $8 billion in cuts…

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News Wrap: Unaccustomed to severe cold, South braces for deep freeze

By PBS News Hour

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Northwestern football players move to create college athlete union

By News Desk

In what may end up being a landmark move, Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association, filed a petition to unionize on behalf of football players at Northwestern University. The petition was filed with the National Labor…

Medical study suggests little evidence that former athletes suffer neurological disease

By Zachary Treu

A study published this month in "Current Sports Medicine Reports" attempts to turn the current narrative about chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) on its head.

Study finds that divorce rate rises as economy improves

By Zachary Treu

When it comes to the economy, American couples tend to stay together in sickness - but not in health.

U.S. launches five research teams to develop covert data mining technology

By Stephen Braun, Associated Press

As the Obama administration considers ending the storage of millions of phone records by the National Security Agency, the government is quietly funding research to prevent eavesdroppers from seeing whom the U.S. is spying on, The Associated Press has learned.