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Congress clears historic health care bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a large gavel as she emerges from a Democratic Caucus meeting with from left, Reps. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., John Lewis, D-Ga., and at right is Rep. Jim Clyburn, on Sunday, March 21, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)AP - Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.


Sun Mar 21 23:06:07 -0500 2010
House passes Democratic changes to health bill (AP)

U.S. President Barack Obama (R) delivers a statement about the House of Representatives' final passage of health care legislation, as Vice President Joe Biden listens in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 21, 2010. The legislation would usher in the most sweeping changes to the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system in decades. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - The House has passed key changes to its just-approved overhaul of health care legislation. The changes are part of a prearranged agreement to guarantee passage of the historic legislation.


Sun Mar 21 22:40:56 -0500 2010
Asia stocks drop as Greek crisis, India hike weigh (AP)

Trader Richard Smartt reacts in the Euro Dollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange March 16, 2010. REUTERS/John GressAP - Asian stock markets fell Monday as worries about Greece's debt crisis and India's sudden interest rate hike rattled investors.


Sun Mar 21 22:57:15 -0500 2010
Investors learn to accept bad housing numbers (AP)
AP - The housing market is still in bad shape, but investors don't seem to mind.
Sun Mar 21 16:28:39 -0500 2010