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Today’s Headlines
* U.S. to Send 1,400 More Marines to Afghanistan
* Nancy Pelosi Passes House Speaker Gavel to John Boehner
* Hedge Funds Spent $10 Million to Help GOP Win Election
* Census: 48 Million Americans Now in Poverty
* Global Food Prices Hit Record High
* Gene Sperling Expected to be Tapped for Top Economic Post
* Amnesty Report: Sexual Violence Against Women on Rise in Haiti
* Oxfam: Haiti is Still in Ruins a Year After Earthquake
* U.N. Calls for 2,000 Troops for Ivory Coast
* Pakistani Guards Questioned over Assassination of Governor
* Sadr Returns to Iraq After Exile in Iran
* Israel Considers Probe of Human Rights Groups