QUERETARO, Mexico — A wary but tenacious middle class is fast becoming the majority in Mexico, breaking down the rich-poor divide in a profound demographic transformation that has far-reaching implications here and in the United States. Read full article > >

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Mexico’s middle class is becoming its majority

Fed says majority could withstand severe recession.

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Most U.S. Banks Pass ‘Stress Tests’

House majority leader likes his ‘pro-job plan.’

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Eric Cantor Endorses Romney

Despite the extraordinary amounts of time, money and political energy being expended by both sides, the 2012 elections are unlikely to resolve the partisan gridlock and paralysis that have defined Capitol Hill during the past year. Read full article > >

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Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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Back when Comcast was doing the Washington Stations of the Cross — while on its journey to a majority stake in NBCUniversal 2.0 — the cable behemoth made “voluntary public interest commitments” to launch 10 minority-owned independent networks over eight years. Read full article > >

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WHAT HISTORY often records as a grand sweep of progress is in real time propelled by fragile moments of courage. One such moment occurred on Friday, when the Maryland House of Delegates garnered a slim majority to recognize same-sex marriage . Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: Maryland’s civil rights victory

WHAT HISTORY often records as a grand sweep of progress is in real time propelled by fragile moments of courage. One such moment occurred on Friday, when the Maryland House of Delegates garnered a slim majority to recognize same-sex marriage . Read full article > >

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The government safety net was created to keep Americans from abject poverty, but the poorest households no longer receive a majority of government benefits.

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Even Critics of Safety Net Increasingly Depend on It

Poll finds majority would replace all members if they could.

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Americans Want to Change Up Congress

Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) announced Friday he would delay consideration of measure to combat online piracy, bowing to pressure from a coalition of Internet companies, including Google and Wikipedia, that rallied consumers to their side by saying the legislation could lead to the censorship of popular sites. Read full article > >

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PIPA Senate vote to be delayed, Reid announces

COLUMBIA, S.C. — With voters heading to the polls Saturday in what is clearly a win-or-go-home contest for most of the remaining Republican presidential candidates, there is simply no way to escape the onslaught of political ads here, the majority of them negative. Read full article > >

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Candidates and their supporters flood S.C. airwaves with ads

Majority prefer Mitt Romney over Jon Huntsman.

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Mormons: Voters Won’t Back Romney

With the Muslim Brotherhood in reach of an outright majority in Egypt’s parliament, the Obama administration has begun to shift from decades of hostility toward it.

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U.S. Reverses Policy in Reaching Out to Muslim Brotherhood

Nevermind that it’s a federal holiday. And nevermind that the vast majority of Washington area schoolchildren will be snoozing late, savoring their last day of winter break. On Monday morning, a few students are headed to class. Schools opened their doors Jan. 2 in Alexandria and Howard, St. Mary’s and Charles counties, while elsewhere in the region — and in eight of the nation’s 10 largest school systems — students are free to enjoy the nation’s official celebration of New Year’s Day. Read full article > >

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Some students, parents left asking: What holiday?