Even in normal times, Edwin Andre has done all he can do to eke out a living from the corn, tomatoes and sweet potatoes he coaxes from an acre plot in northern Haiti. His wife, Roselaine Cius, peddles the produce roadside and cooks rice-and-bean plates from a stick-frame lunch shack to help support their family [...]

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President Barack Obama said Saturday that last week’s meeting on health care showed Republicans and Democrats can find some common ground on the issue, while indicating he’ll move forward even if all disagreements can’t be resolved.

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It was 5 p.m. in the lobby of the library of Metropolitan State University, and Clara Ware was sitting behind a table covered with pens, notepads and buttons with the Census 2010 logo, calling out like a sideshow barker.

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Frustration turned to resignation Saturday for hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast struggling to survive another day waiting for utility crews to restore electricity after powerful storms socked the region with heavy snow, rain and hurricane-force winds.

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A suicide car bomber attacked a police station Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, killing four people and wounding about two dozen, underscoring the continuing security threat as the country’s army battles militants.

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Julianna Smoot, who was chief of staff to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, is the new White House social secretary, succeeding Desiree Rogers, who came under criticism for her handling of a state dinner that was crashed by a Virginia couple.

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Actor and director Robert Re d fo r d and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson unveiled details Friday of a collaboration that will expand training opportunities for American Indians and Hispanics interested in filmmaking, the arts and the environment.

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Lineup of guests for today’s TV news shows: ABC’s This Week — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It is inevitable that change will come to Egypt.What I’m trying to do is pre-empt a point of clash between the government and the people.” Mohamed ElBaradei, the ex-U.N. nuclear chief, urging the Egyptian government to respond to peaceful demands for change Article, this page

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “We dodged a bullet.” Gerard Fryer, a geophysicist for the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, as Hawaii escaped earthquake-triggered tsunami waves apparently unscathed.

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