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News Bits: Connecticut to Allow Gay Marriage
- Judge clears way for gay marriages in Connecticut
- US House votes next week on a plan to prop up the automobile industry
- New mortgage programs may help some troubled borrowers, but they won't restart the housing market
- Obama administration to make closing Guantanamo a priority
- Americans clamoring for all things Obama
- 8 Klan members arrested in death of recruit who tried to back out
- Chimpanzee helps take care of white tiger cubs
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