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Thumbs up to The Woman's Hospital and the doctors there who, at no charge, performed surgery last week to repair the botched genital circumcision of 6-year-old Hadiatu Jahlloh. And even bigger ups ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted House Republicans for failing to take up comprehensive immigration reform 321 days after the Senate passed legislation on a bipartisan vote.

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