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    Obama invites GOP to summit
    President asks Republicans to bring their health-care ideas to a half-day summit on Feb 25.
    Wind farm meets stiff resistance
    Native Americans in Massachusetts pose latest challenge to offshore site near Martha's Vineyard.
    Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy
    In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U.S....
    Anti-terrorism chief rebukes politicians who use cases as talking points
    President Obama's senior counterterrorism adviser on Sunday criticized politicians for using terrorism situations such as the Detroit bombing case as a "political football."
    David Plouffe advising White House on 2010 midterm elections
    Ask David Plouffe how Democrats can recover from their electoral setbacks over the past few months and he has a simple answer: Republicans.
    Some Democrats seek change in filibuster rules, but others are wary
    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) chuckled as he recently reflected on his effort, five years ago, to change nearly century-old filibuster rules.
    Historic snowstorm in D.C. leaves a mess to be reckoned with
    A blizzard that dumped more than two feet of heavy snow knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people, toppled trees and reduced streets to pedestrian pathways.
    Obama invites Republicans to summit on health care
    President Obama moved to jump-start the stalled health-care debate Sunday, inviting Republicans in Congress to participate in a bipartisan, half-day televised summit on the subject this month.
    NRA, onetime ally feud over next big guns case to go before Supreme Court
    The National Rifle Association was on the outside looking in when the Supreme Court handed gun rights activists a landmark victory in 2008.
    Internet gambling again in play
    Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime opponents.
    5 workers killed in explosion at Middleton, Conn., power plant
    CONNECTICUT An explosion that sounded like a sonic boom blew out the walls of an unfinished power plant in Connecticut and set off a fire during a test of natural gas lines Sunday, killing at least five workers, injuring a dozen or more, and leaving crews picking through debris for more possible...
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    In a comeback, Yanukovych leads Tymoshenko in bid for Ukraine president
    The party boss who was accused of election fraud and toppled by Ukraine's peaceful Orange Revolution appeared on the verge of a remarkable comeback Sunday, with exit polls suggesting that he had prevailed in a bitter presidential race and won the office denied him by mass protests five years ago.
    Toyota to recall and repair brakes on new Priuses sold in Japan
    TOKYO -- Toyota's quality woes mounted over the weekend, with a reported decision in its home market to recall and repair the brakes on its latest model of the Prius, the hybrid that last year was the best-selling new car in Japan.
    Children taken from Haiti face uncertain fate
    FERMATHE, HAITI -- It was a couple of weeks after the earthquake when word began to spread in a small, poor village here.
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    Iran's president orders production of higher-enriched uranium
    TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday ordered the production of higher-enriched uranium -- significantly beyond the levels of its regular nuclear fuel -- prompting the United States to renew threats of carefully targeted sanctions.
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    For pizza shops, Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest night of the year, a chance to do a week's worth of business in a single night, an event to look forward to all year.
    Can the U.S. government require you to get an IRA?
    One of the biggest priorities for the Middle Class Task Force led by Vice President Biden is a push to improve and standardize American retirement planning. This is where the Obama administration can make big changes. But whether average workers or financial service firms and insurance companies ...
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    Weekly wrap: Fed report doubts energy states will recover first
    Revenues down in gas-producing states; Obama snubs Las Vegas—again; and economist Mark Zandi predicts start of economic expansion.
    Quinn survives — For now
    CHICAGO — The governor of Illinois has nine months to win over a clearly frustrated state electorate.

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    IL: Illinois's Pat Quinn wins primary, but Scott Lee Cohen issue looms
    CHICAGO -- The Democratic candidate for Illinois governor was finally decided Thursday, two days after the primary produced a slim lead for incumbent governor Pat Quinn over opponent Dan Hynes
    MO: Missouri House OKs drug tests for public officials, some welfare recipients
    Missouri's elected officials and many people who receive cash welfare benefits would start undergoing drug screening under legislation given first-round House approval Thursday.
    NY: Cuomo sues Bank of America, even as it settles with S.E.C.
    The legal drama surrounding the controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, one of the pivotal moments of the financial crisis, took a fresh turn on Thursday as the attorney general of New York leveled civil fraud charges against Kenneth D. Lewis, the former Bank of America chief who masterminded the deal.
    US: Trial lawyers contribute, shareholder suits follow
    Norfolk County, Mass., has only a small pension fund, but it is a big player in court. Two weeks ago, the fund joined with two others in a shareholder suit against drugstore chain CVS Caremark Corp., whose stock had fallen. It was the 12th time since 2006 the pension fund has gone to court after a stock it owned declined.
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    The Way We Tax: A 50-State Report
    The vast majority of state tax systems are inadequate for the task of funding a 21st-century government. Most of those tax systems are also unfair. They break the golden rule of tax equity: collect the lowest possible rates on the widest possible base of taxpayers.
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