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WASHINGTON — In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous.

The 220-215 vote cleared the way for the Senate to start debate on the issue that has come to overshadow all others in Congress.

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Reuters – Tropical Storm Ida became a Category 1 hurricane again late on Saturday in the northwestern Caribbean off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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A small Ohio town threw a long overdue welcome home parade to salute veterans of the Vietnam war, whose homecomings in the seventies were marred by anti-war feeling.

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