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South Dakota Lawmakers Push Bill for Mandatory Gun Ownership

-Eleanor Clift
The bill, which is unlikely to pass, is meant to illustrate what many critics of the health care law believe -- that the requirement for individuals to buy health insurance is unconstitutional.
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Democrats, Republicans, Independents Differ on Issues That Worry Them Most

-Bruce Drake

Republicans say federal spending is their top worry; Democrats name health care; and independents say the overall economy is their top concern.

McDonald's Grows Up: Coffee, Wi-Fi Supplanting Junk Food Image

-Delia Lloyd

The goal behind the McDonald's transformation is to reach new, more sophisticated customers. And among the casualties of the overhaul is Ronald McDonald himself, who will now have a more muted role in the company's marketing.

N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue Vetoes Challenge to Health Care Reform Bill

-Mary C. Curtis

A Democrat, Perdue vetoed legislation passed by the GOP-controlled state legislature that challenges a provision that would require the purchase of health insurance.

Jobless Rate Dips Below 9 Percent but White House Holds the Applause

-Tom Diemer

The economy added 192,000 jobs in February, but an Obama administration spokesman cautioned that the country still has a long way to go in its recovery.

Judge Says States Must Enforce Health Reform Law He Threw Out

-Tom Diemer

Judge Roger Vinson stayed his own order to allow government more time to appeal his ruling in Florida's challenge to the health law -- part of tangle of cases likely to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Poll: Voters Like Obama Better Than His Policies

-Bruce Drake

About three-quarters of voters like President Obama personally, but a small majority don't like his policies, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

Abortion Safer Than Childbirth, British Doctors' Group Wants Women to Know

-Delia Lloyd

The abortion wars aren't limited to the U.S., but in the U.K., even a highly controversial proposal is being met with a measured response.

Obama Says States Can Opt Out of Health Care Plan Three Years Early

-Alex Wagner

Bowing to pressure from governors, the president announced the change Monday, though states opting out must provide affordable insurance coverage to at least as many residents as the Affordable Care Act provides.

Are We Returning to the 'June Cleaver' Era? (And Would June Stand for What's Going On?)

-Joanne Bamberger

Citing budgetary concerns, lawmakers in many places are trying to take away some of women's hard-earned rights. If they think our problems will be solved by recreating the 1950s, they should think again.

Georgia Lawmaker Is Asked: When Will Someone Shoot Obama?

-Tom Diemer

Rep. Paul Broun said he was "stunned" by the question and chose "not to dignify it with a response." However, one witness told Talking Points Memo that Broun laughed at the remark.

Herman Cain: A Long Shot in 2012, but That's Not Stopping Him

-Suzi Parker

He's not a household name. But Cain is trying to build a grassroots movement and tea party support for a possible bid for the White House in 2012.

Rush Limbaugh Defends His One-Sided Food Fight With Michelle Obama

-Tom Diemer

Limbaugh, who called the first lady a hypocrite for eating short ribs, said Tuesday his discourse about her eating habits was highly civil and he's surprised by the grief he got.

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