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All Tech Considered
3:21 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

Troubled Sony Pins Hopes On PlayStation Vita

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Boxes of the Sony PlayStation Vita portable gaming device at the official product launch in Berlin.
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By Nina Gregory

Sony launched the PlayStation Vita, its first hand-held gaming device in seven years, Wednesday. Vita, of course, is the Latin word for "life." And after suffering a series of tough blows — from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami to a relentlessly strong yen and a significant hacking attack — a bit of new life is just what the struggling company needs.

The Vita went on sale at a Best Buy in Los Angeles Wednesday morning. Despite the company's $50 million marketing campaign, only about a dozen gamers were on hand.

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Law
3:19 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

Supreme Court Considers Case On Military Honors

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The Supreme Court engaged in a lively debate Wednesday when it heard oral arguments in a case testing whether the 2006 Stolen Valor Act is constitutional. The law makes it a crime to lie about military honors.

Shots - Health Blog
2:59 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

High Court Punts On California Medicaid Ruling

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A key legal case challenging cuts in Medicaid pay for doctors, hospitals and pharmacists is heading back to California.
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The Supreme Court has officially declined to decide one of its bigger cases of the term: whether or not doctors, hospitals and other health care providers can sue a state to challenge cuts in the Medicaid health program for the poor.

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News
2:53 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

A Long Time Coming: Glimpse Inside The Upcoming African American Museum

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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 8:00 am

At the groundbreaking on the National Mall on Wednesday, President Obama said the newest Smithsonian museum has been has "a long time coming" and will serve "not just as a record of tragedy, but as a celebration of life." The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in 2015.

Book Reviews
2:52 pm
Wed February 22, 2012

What Happened In 'Watergate': An Alternate Take

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Thomas Mallon is a novelist, critic and director of the creative writing program at The George Washington University.
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Nearly 40 years after the Watergate scandal, Watergate, Thomas Mallon's latest historical novel, captures both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok.

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