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FT Seasonal Appeal: Dan McCrum reports on how charities are doing more with less in straitened times

Women female Marines take on challenges in Afghanistan (2010) ©Getty From US POLITICS & POLICY 10:20pm

US to allow women in combat units

Move could open up more than 200,000 jobs in army and marines

From COMPANIES Jan 22, 2013

Super Bowl ads stand out from the crowd

Marketers turn to real-time and web offerings to drive sales

From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Healthcare is America’s real problem

Improved value would have more fiscal impact than any policy change, says Peter Orszag

Mexico: X-ray shows migrants from Latin America and Asia inside a truck heading to the US at a checkpoint near Tuxtla Gutierrez, in Mexico's southern Chiapas state. Police in Chiapas state found over 500 migrants inside two trailer trucks. The red arrows are references to mark distances.///X ray of truck showing illegal immigrants ©Eyevine From COMMENT Jan 22, 2013

Immigration: The road to recognition

There is growing optimism across the spectrum that a broken system will be fixed

Lance Armstrong ©Reuters Jan 19, 2013

Armstrong’s past haunts cycling’s future

Doping confession throws light on sport’s dark hinterland

US Federal Reserve building ©Bloomberg From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 19, 2013

Fed minutes show slow crisis reaction

Transcripts from 2007 reveal subprime seen as ‘quite a good thing’

Joe Cummings' illustration of Wayne LaPierre Person in the news from COMMENT Jan 18, 2013

Wayne LaPierre calls the gun lobby to arms

The National Rifle Association’s public face meets his biggest challenge. By Richard McGregor

Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in Austin, Texas ©Reuters Jan 18, 2013

Armstrong confession cuts little ice

Ex-cyclist admits to using drugs since 1990s

From COMPANIES Jan 16, 2013

Cycling bodies clash over image clean-up

Truth and reconciliation panel proposal rejected

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 16, 2013

Obama signs executive orders on guns

Proposed laws are the toughest in two decades

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 15, 2013

New York tightens gun control

Move expands state’s assault weapons ban

Jan 15, 2013

Armstrong faces legal hurdles

Cyclist reported to have confessed to doping in Oprah Winfrey interview

From COMPANIES Jan 14, 2013

Gun lobby releases 3D shooting game app

Timing of release stirs controversy

Jan 14, 2013

Online activist’s death prompts call for reform

Swartz faced fines and years in prison

From COMMENT Jan 14, 2013

Ukraine is bluffing over Russia’s offer

Kiev wants its democratic ills to be ignored, says Steven Pifer

From EUROPE Jan 13, 2013

Russians protest at adoption law

Moscow ban on US citizens proves controversial

From COMPANIES Jan 11, 2013

Worst flu outbreak in decade to cost $10bn

Epidemic puts pressure on hospitals and insurers

From US POLITICS & POLICY Jan 10, 2013

Calstrs to sell investments in gun makers

Move underscores shift in mood toward guns

From COMPANIES Jan 9, 2013

US lags behind developed world on healthcare

Americans getting sicker and dying younger than peers in rich countries

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