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9 hours ago ago from Sister Toldjah
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8 hours ago ago from Restrained Radical
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18 hours ago ago from Saynsumthn's Blog
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13 hours ago ago from Cleansing Fire
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17 hours ago ago from GlobalSister.org Blog
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11 hours ago ago from U.S. News
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5 hours ago ago from Washington Post - Business
The abortion language that was added to the Senate's health-care bill to win the vote of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has achieved a rare feat: It is drawing contempt from both sides. This Story That could be taken as a sign that senators finally found an elusive compromise on a thorny issue. But serious questions are already being raised about how the new language would work in practice and whether it would even be ...
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10 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
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