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Obama’s first 100 days
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100 days of economic change
President Barack Obama hopes to use the economic crisis to forge far-reaching changes in American society. Here's a scorecard on how he's fared so far.
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The naked truth about income taxes
A peek at the numbers exposes some trends that may surprise you. One example: In 2005, the rich paid a bigger share of the total tax bill than they did in 2000, before Bush's tax cuts.