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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Boosting NIH

Obama delivers remarks NOW at its Maryland facilities, announces $5 billion in stimulus funding for disease research, jobs. Watch live here. DETAILS: Get them here.

Disaster Declared in American Samoa

Obama authorizes federal assistance after earthquake causes massive tsunami to kill 99, leave dozens missing. STATEMENT: Read it here. DISASTER DECLARATION: Read it here.

FLOTUS in Copenhagen

She lands in Denmark early Wednesday to meet with IOC members and greet Chicago Mayor Daley, a day before her husband arrives.

SCOTUS to Weigh Local Gun Ban

High court announces Wednesday it will decide Chicago handgun case. Comes after striking down D.C. ban in June 2008, could set broader Second Amendment precedent.

Keeping At It

Senate Finance Committee resumes health bill markup Wednesday. LIVE FEED: Watch here. TUESDAY RECAP: Read it here.

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Our colleague Jim P. has the video of Michelle Obama's upcoming (November 10) appearance on Sesame Street. And to save White House critics some time, he suggests some possible protest-ready reasons to get outraged about the segment. My favorite: At the end of the video, Mrs. Obama declares homegrown vegetables delicious to eat. Then the vegetables [...]

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Scores Killed As Tsunami Sweeps Across Samoan Islands

Jimmy Wales Quietly Edits Wikipedia's New Edit Policy

Health Reform's Public Option: Down, but Not Yet Out?

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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What You Need to Know About the H1N1 Vaccine

By ALICE PARK

As the CDC prepares to launch its vaccine program, here's a primer

Scores Killed As Tsunami Sweeps Across Samoan Islands

By MARINA KAMENEV

On Monday, the palm-tree lined coast of Samoa looked like paradise. But by early Tuesday morning, residents and tourists alike had an unpleasant awakening

Health Reform's Public Option: Down, But Not Yet Out?

By KATE PICKERT

The most likely way that a public option could end up part of the finished product is as a backup plan

Jimmy Wales Quietly Edits Wikipedia's New Edit Policy

By FARHAD MANJOO / SAN FRANCISCO

Late in August, Wikipedia announced that it was reining in its freewheeling ways, including imposing restrictions on articles about living people

Brazil: A New Counterweight to the United States

By TIM PADGETT WITH ANDREW DOWNIE / S&ATILDE;O PAULO

The South American giant has ambitions that may make its diplomacy less behind-the-scenes in the near future. But right now, there's the sticky problem of Honduras

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Swampland

By Joe Klein

Mike Gerson and Ezra Klein are two of the more temperate partisans I know. So what is to explain a weirdly intemperate attack by Gerson on Klein?

Special Package

Heroes of the Environment 2009

From saving wild mountain rivers in China to measuring the Arctic's icy expanse, from protecting the lush forests of Africa to conducting a feisty online debate, our green heroes are informed by this simple notion: We can all make a difference

Quotes of the Day

"It's just devastating like the wrath of God."

VINCENT IULI,
a village resident, after an 8.3-magnitude earthquake triggers a tsunami that sweeps away villages on the Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa killing at least 90 people

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Java

Indonesia's Islamic Schools: More Female Friendly

By Carla Power / Cirebon

While domestic suicide bombers and radicals have been traced to a few notorious schools, others have been incubators for a more benign trend in the world's most populous Muslim nation: the development of feminist readings of the Quran and Islamic traditions

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