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Lula's Legacy: A Transformed Brazil

CBS News - 14hrs 3mins ago

(AP) Plopping her swollen ankles upon a purple couch, 72-year-old Dilma de Lima exults in the new government-built apartment she now calls home after a lifetime of misery in Brazil's slums. "Life has never been better," Lima says through the wheez…

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Report: Obama to Run 2012 Campaign from Chicago

CBS News - 19hrs 17mins ago

President Barack Obama will most likely be the first president in more than 40 years to run his Reelection campaign from outside the D.C. area. Every president since Richard Nixon has run his re-election campaign from either Washington D.C., or it…

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A Rough December for GOP Presidential Hopefuls

CBS News - 22hrs 19mins ago

Like this Story? Share it: The 12 most likely Candidates to become the Republican presidential nominee in 2012. (AP) WASHINGTON - This month's early, under-the-radar campaigning by potential Republican challengers to President Barack Obama is a re…

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