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Korea. A North Korean naval ship suffered heavy damage Tuesday during an exchange of gunfire between the two Koreas along a disputed sea border off their western coasts, officials said.
Health Care & Abortion. President Obama suggested Monday that he was not comfortable with abortion restrictions inserted into the House version of major health-care legislation, and he prodded Congress to revise them.
Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s president has come out fighting against calls by the U.S. to crack down on corruption, arguing that his government is not solely to blame and saying that the West is in his country only for its own ends.
Quote of the Day. "Our stitching was perfection. So I never thought we’d lose our jobs to China. But we did. We did. Now what is everyone supposed to do?" Geraldine Ritch, 62, in western North Carolina, where the unemployment rate is now 15% as jobs have been shipped overseas. (Washington Post)
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