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After nearly nine years, 4,500 American dead and 100,000 Iraqi dead, U.S. officials formally shut down the war in Iraq — a conflict that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said was worth the American sacrifice because it set Iraq on a path to democracy.

Latest census data depict a shrinking middle class as unemployment stays high, government's safety net frays

Silent film "The Artist" leads the pack of nominees for the 2012 Golden Globe Awards, scoring six nods