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Mutual Funds, SEC Fight
SEC Chairman Mary Shapiro has mutual fund leaders hopping mad over new regulatory rules to protect investors. More
PLUS: Boehner on GOP Race Outlook
VP Biden Touts Economy
Vice President Joe Biden says he's convinced America is in a better positions to lead the world's economy.
PLUS: Abortion Battles Heat Up

BLOG: Strength in Unity
Obama Grants Education Waivers
President Barack Obama set 10 states free of 'No Child Left Behind' law to given flexibility to set high standards.
PLUS: Top 10 Richest Presidents
Mortgage Deal Turns Corner
The $25 billion settlement bank settlement of mortgage abuses turns the page on a reckless era, according to the president.
PLUS: Obama's Super PAC
BLOG: Another Giant Leap
Pelosi says 5 states will lift House Democrats
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections.
US bishops voice objections to birth control rule
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops are expressing grave doubts about President Barack Obama's revamped health care rule on birth control. They say it raises serious moral concerns and lacks clear protections for certain employers, insurers and individuals.
Appeals court: No rehearing on Texas sonogram rule
A federal appeals court has denied a request to reconsider a lawsuit challenging a Texas law that requires doctors to perform a sonogram before an abortion.
US to raise human rights when China's Xi visits
The White House says it won't recoil from raising grave human rights concerns during a get-acquainted visit next week by China's likely future leader.
Social issues rule busy day in presidential race
Social issues dominated the 2012 presidential race Friday, as President Barack Obama tried to calm a storm over religion and birth control and the Republicans vying to replace him jockeyed to outdo each other in proving their conservative fervor.
Romney and Paul: Not allies but not foes, either
Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine's caucuses this week, where Romney's reputation as a political shape shifter is going head-to-head with Paul's consistent libertarian views.
Santorum opposes allowing women to serve in combat
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he thinks it would be wrong to allow women to serve in combat.
First lady: Girls can choose to have campaign role
Michelle Obama says her daughters' main concern about the coming presidential election is all about them.
Under fire, Obama adjusts his birth control policy
Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for free birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded that insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead.
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