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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse examines the public discourse that led to the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. She details the various legal briefs presented by both sides of the abortion debate to the court — and explains the newest challenges facing the legislation today.

The 111th Congress on Sunday night managed to do what Congresses before it have tried and failed to do for nearly a century: Pass and send to the president a bill to fundamentally remake the nation's health care system.

The Labor Department's monthly jobs report wasn't as bad as expected. Employers cut a net 36,000 jobs from payrolls. The unemployment rate stayed the same at 9.7 percent. Long-term unemployment is still a problem, and many who lose their jobs don't even qualify for any unemployment benefits.

Washington, D.C.'s H.D. Woodson High School has a new coach for its boys varsity football team: Her name is Natalie Randolph. Randolph could be the only female high school varsity football coach in the country. She discusses her new job.

The U.S. Labor Department said Friday that employers added 162,000 positions last month, but the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent for a third straight month. The numbers show the fastest rate of growth in three years.

Civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks, who spent 15 years at the helm of the NAACP, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 85.

Facebook's parent company has released its newest AI for free. Trump says he's a target in the Jan. 6 insurrection investigation. An Oklahoma boy finds a piranha-like fish with human-like teeth.

Former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's coalition beat out Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition by a narrow margin in parliamentary elections. That means Allawi's alliance will get a first shot at trying to form a government. Robert Siegel speaks with NPR Baghdad Bureau Chief Quil Lawrence.

Automaker Toyota said its preliminary investigation into last week's runaway Toyota Prius in San Diego is at odds with the driver's claims. Federal investigators also say they can't duplicate the acceleration problem blamed for last week's incident.

This is it, or so the White House claims: closing arguments on President Obama's effort to overhaul the nation's health care system. Obama asked Congress for a final vote this month, and to persuade Democrats to stick with him he was in suburban Philadelphia on Monday making his case.