Health care. President Obama confronted a critical Congress and a skeptical nation on Wednesday, decrying the "scare tactics" of his opponents and presenting his most forceful case yet for a sweeping health care overhaul that has eluded Washington for generations.
Child mortality rate drops. The number of children dying before their fifth birthdays each year has fallen below nine million for the first time on record, a significant milestone in the global effort to improve children’s chances of survival, particularly in the developing world, according to data that Unicef will release on Thursday.
Anti-Muslim bias persists. Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the general public thinks Muslims are second only to homosexuals in being discriminated against, a new survey shows. Nearly six in 10 Americans -- 58 percent -- think Muslims are subject to 'a lot' of discrimination.
Quote of the day. "The introduction of the books is a rather good way to decrease the popularity of the Communists among the young people." Lev Ponomaryov, who campaigns for Russia to repudiate Stalinism, on a decision by the Russian Education Ministry that excerpts of Alexander Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago," are to be required reading for students. (Associated Press)
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