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Vowing to find ways to stimulate the sputtering economy, President Obama will call for long-term investments in the nation's infrastructure that would cost at least $50 billion; critics, meanwhile, blast the plan as a 'hail Mary' and merely a second stimulus.

YOU DECIDE: Investment or Stimulus II?

Obama's Economic Plan Too Little, Too Late?

Labor Secretary Defends Obama on Jobs

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There's an idea that all life on Earth was seeded from comets, asteroids or meteors which struck the planet, kickstarting the evolutionary process

Hip-hop star is still feeling the pain over his ambush of Taylor Swift last year — and he's expressing his pain all over Twitter

Hundreds of Afghans rail against the United States, call for President Obama's death at rally to denounce an American church's plan to burn the Islamic holy book this week

As the primary season draws to a close and the fall campaign dawns, a weak economy and voter angst add up to enough competitive races to give Republicans at least a chance of winning Senate control, but Democrats are loathe to concede their majority is at risk.

GOP's New Stars Put Pressure on Old Guard

Obama's Economic Plan Too Little, Too Late?

McCain: Democrats Are 'Flailing'

Lukewarm Reception to R&D Tax Credit

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