Smaller New Orleans After Katrina, Census Shows

By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON

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The aftermath of a rain storm, not a hurricane, in front of a new home in the Lower Ninth Ward last summer.

Results of the 2010 census show that the population of New Orleans is 29 percent smaller than it was a decade earlier.

Randy Gardner, wounded in the Jan. 8 shooting rampage, is among those likely to benefit from public and private victim funds to fill gaps in his coverage.

For Tucson Survivors, Health Care Cost Is Concern

By MARC LACEY and SAM DOLNICK

Most of the 13 people wounded in the shooting had health insurance, but the spiraling costs were on their minds.

Tucson Journal

Residents of Tucson say the memories of last month’s shooting along with the continuing recovery from the event have had a galvanizing effect on the city.

Bit by Bit, a City’s Attention Returns to Mundane Matters

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and CARLI BROUSSEAU

Tucson, synonymous a month ago with a deadly shooting rampage at a political event, is beginning to move on.

Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the attorney general of Virginia, spoke with reporters in December after a federal district judge backed the state and struck down a provision of the health care overhaul.

Virginia to Ask Supreme Court to Rule on Health Law

By KEVIN SACK

Virginia’s attorney general said he hoped to bypass the appellate court by asking the United States Supreme Court to rule on the Obama health care law on an expedited basis.

Senate Rejects Repeal of Health Care Law

Delaware Diocese Settles With Victims of Abuse

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington agreed to pay $77 million and to release internal documents about how the hierarchy handled the allegations of abuse.

Governors Get Advice for Saving on Medicaid

By ROBERT PEAR

The administration’s money-saving ideas were received as constructive, but not nearly enough.

Senators Susan Collins and Joseph I. Lieberman released a report on the Fort Hood shootings.

Authorities Faulted in Fort Hood Attack

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the Fort Hood shootings suspect, made his views known, but no one followed up, a report says.

Document: Senate Panel's Report on the Shootings at Fort Hood

Flurry of Data as Rules Near for Commercial Colleges

By TAMAR LEWIN

A battle between those who say the colleges serve the needy and those who say they leave students worse off.

Tallying the Cost of a Wicked Storm

By MICHAEL COOPER

The vast winter storm that left its icy mark on much of the nation has moved out. But before the evidence melts, here’s a look back.

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Noah Whitmer, now 2, with his parents, Erin and Michael Whitmer, can nod his head “yes,” but he is not yet talking. He wears a patch for a period of time each day to correct his vision.

Shaken-Baby Syndrome Faces New Questions in Court

By EMILY BAZELON

Some doctors are taking issue with the diagnosis of the syndrome, raising the possibility that innocent people have been sent to jail.

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Target Cancer

By AMY HARMON

The Target Cancer series chronicles the first human trial of an experimental cancer drug, exploring the challenges that face the doctors and patients who test it.

Articles in this series chronicle the yearlong deployment of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, based in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. The series follows the battalion’s part in the surge in northern Afghanistan and the impact of war on individual soldiers and their families back home.

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Interactive Feature: The Victims of the Shooting

Retirees, a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl born on 9/11 were among those killed when a gunman opened fire outside a supermarket in Tucson on Saturday, Jan. 8.

Document: Reading Between the Battle Lines: An Annotated Guide to the Constitution

An annotated guide to the clauses most revered, and disputed, by advocates on either side of the political spectrum.

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Interactive Feature: How the Rig Crew Responded to the Blowout

Video and diagram showing the final moments of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Interactive Map: Every City, Every Block

Browse data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009.

Interactive Feature: Faces of the Dead

As we mark the seventh anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, we remember the fallen service members who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Mike Huckabee at the dedication of a new Jewish settlement on Monday in East Jerusalem, on what was his 15th trip to Israel.

G.O.P. Hopefuls Leave Egypt Crisis to the President

By JEFF ZELENY

The lack of debate underscores the relative absence of muscular Republican voices on foreign affairs.

$32 Billion in Budget Cuts Proposed

By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN

The House Budget Committee’s proposal falls far short of a pledge by John A. Boehner, the speaker, to trim $100 billion from this year.

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Submit Your Photos of Storm Damage

This week, a massive winter storm is expected to hurtle through the Midwest and East Coast. We are asking our readers to submit their best snow photos.

Race Remixed

Readers Debate the Concept of Race

By CATRIN EINHORN

Is race an imaginary category that should be thrown out? Readers weighed in.

Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above

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Mixed America’s Family Trees

Examine the mixed-race family trees submitted by readers and listen to them describe their families, then submit your own.

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The Home Front

Thirty thousand American soldiers are taking part in the Afghanistan surge. Here are the stories of the men and women of the First Battalion, 87th Infantry.