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The American political system — as corny, eclectic, chaotic and screwed up as it is with its straw polls, caucuses, primaries and contested elections — somehow gets the job done time after time.

The eight votes that separated Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum equal 0.00654 percent of all ballots cast in the Iowa caucuses.

The Boeing Corp. says it will shut down the company's Wichita facility, which specializes in maintaining and modifying its commercial planes for military or government use. The plant, which has 2,160 employees, is slated to close by the end of 2013.

America's Big Three automakers experienced double-digit sales growth in 2011, helping the U.S. market continue its rebound from a dismal 2009. With annual reports out today, Chrysler says its sales were up 26 percent, while General Motors and Ford Motor Co. reporting gains of 13 and 11 percent, respectively.

It took four decades for him to be vindicated. Over the years, he became a hero in the Japanese-American community. And Hirabayashi said the experience gave him more faith in the Constitution.

He was a key member of the legal team that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw segregated public schools in 1954's landmark Brown v. the Board of Education decision.

Last summer, Chinese state-run TV accused a luxury furniture company of fraud for charging exorbitant prices for local products it was passing off as Italian-made. Now, a Chinese magazine says the real fraud was the report itself: an attempt by a TV reporter to extort money from the company.

People who go on and off health insurance fare as badly as people without coverage when it comes to preventive care. A study finds that gaps in coverage lead people with diabetes to skip tests that help keep the illness in check.

Vardaman Elementary is about to become Mississippi's first predominantly Hispanic primary school, but it is still struggling to find teachers who can help its Spanish-speaking students adjust to the American classroom.

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