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2010 NCAA TOURNAMENT

Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 seed Kansas

As the NCAA's second round gets underway, the upsets continue.

Kansas falls in stunner | St. Mary upsets No. 2 Villanova | KSU advances
Photos: All regions | Scoreboards: Men | Women | Full coverage

Health-care cliffhanger

Historic or not, Democrats could pay

THE TAKE | Obama and his party are in reach of legislation that has eluded presidents for a century. But at what cost?

Dan Balz

Washington Sketch: America needs a civility committee
Obama pivots to selling law to public after passage
Outlook: Is health-care reform constitutional?

House vote Sunday may hinge on abortion issues

House leaders drop much-criticized strategy of allowing lawmakers to "deem" landmark legislation into law, but vote's outcome remains in doubt.

Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane

Lawmakers face slurs

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus say racial epithets were hurled at them by angry "Tea Party" protesters; Rep. Barney Frank was heckled with anti-gay chants.

Paul Kane

Shooting for the moon

William Eggers and John O'Leary: Can the U.S. still tackle big problems?
Slideshow: What it takes

Randy Barnett: Is health reform constitutional?
Chris Cillizza: 5 myths about health reform
Stephen Walt: Who are Israel's real friends?
Susan Straight: The census puts us in a box

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Health care in real time

Tweets | Follow Congress via Twitter as they prepare to vote on health-care reform. | Rank health- care priorities.

Cardinal Mahony: Immigration reform is just
Jeff Porro: Find your Natoma Canfield
User Photos: Share photos of spring in D.C.
Reading Room: Your literary guilty pleasures

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Obama defensive on race?

Urban Jungle

Patterson Clark | Keep an eye out around noon for red-shouldered hawks that put on a showy display.

Planet Panel: Do carbon offsets matter?
Twitter: Carbon conversations

Under Panetta, a bolder CIA

Stepped-up drone strikes and assaults on al-Qaeda operatives earn agency director praise, criticism.

Peter Finn and Joby Warrick

Pakistani Taliban kill tribesmen, calling them spies

European Union strains for unity

Greek debt crisis underscores other economic and diplomatic tensions among E.U. member states.

Anthony Faiola

For investors, still plenty of reasons for caution

Zoning rift tests First Amendment

Court to hear suit alleging that N. Va. affordable housing agreement breaches church-state divide.

Lisa Rein

Pope apologizes to abuse victims

Benedict XVI rebukes Irish bishops but offers no Vatican policy changes to address growing crisis.

Anthony Faiola, Karla Adam and Michelle Boorstein

Pastoral letter to Catholics of Ireland

D.C. antiwar march draws crowds

Seven years after Iraq invasion, some protesters voice concern that domestic issues are overshadowing conflicts abroad. » Katherine Shaver

Thousands rally against Afghan, Iraq wars

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