When the president said Muslims have the right to build an Islamic center and mosque near New York City’s ground zero, he shifted discussion away from topics his fellow Democrats had hoped to focus on. But the economy is still likely to be the campaign’s No. 1 issue.

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Since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, top-secret intelligence gathering by the government has grown so unwieldy and expensive that no one really knows what it cost and how many people are involved, The Washington Post reported Monday.

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The 69-year-old former vice president, who has had five heart attacks, was admitted to George Washington University Hospital on Friday after experiencing discomfort.

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The alleged Christmas Day would-be attacker grew up in a strict, well-to-do family in a region of northern Nigeria heavily impacted by religious violence. When he left home for boarding school, he became increasingly troubled by his family’s Western lifestyle and turned more ardently to Islam. Part 1 of an NPR News Investigation.

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Fans of his straightforward, unapologetic and occasionally icy analysis will welcome Dick Button’s role at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The former Olympic figure skating gold medalist returns to television for NBC’s coverage of the winter games.

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Unless something changes, prisoners will again be counted in this year’s census as residents of the places where they’re locked up, not their hometowns. That means more political power for mostly rural and white prison host communities, and less for mostly urban and minority neighborhoods.

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Sen. Evan Bayh, a prominent Democrat who has been mentioned prominently in connection with White House sweepstakes in recent years, is ready to announce he will not seek re-election, a Democratic official said Monday.

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Like many cities across the nation, Colorado Springs, Colo., is trying to close a big budget gap. The town is shutting off lights and slashing budgets for parks, police and fire fighters, but that’s not stopped voters from tightening the purse strings even more.

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