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 7 new wonders of the world
USA TODAY and Good Morning America team up to name 7 new wonders of the world.
 Football coaches' compensation
Compensation for Division I-A college football coaches
 Elections 2006
In one memorable day, the power on Capitol Hill moved from right to left as the Democratic party gained the majority of both the Senate and House of Representatives.
 Soul of a Champion
USA TODAY partnered with OLN, the cable network that recently changed its name to Versus, to produce a series examining the intangibles that separate champions from other elite athletes with essentially the same physical skills. USA TODAY's sports reporters and editors selected 11 active competitors to profile in the series.

 

 9/11 five years later
Americans solemnly remember and mourn the lives lost five years ago in the worst terror attacks on the nation, a tragedy that President Bush said brought "extraordinary acts of courage" and heroism from ordinary citizens.

 

Hurricane Katrina one year anniversary
The Big Easy isn't easy anymore. One year after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is frustrating, tiring, expensive and frightening.
 NSA database of phone calls
In an exclusive investigation, USA TODAY reveals the National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.
 Life in Iraq
A weekly status report on everyday life in the war-torn country.

 

 Hurricane Katrina
USA TODAY follows the devastation, and subsequent slow recovery, of a large swath of the Gulf Coast in the wake of one of the most damaging hurricanes in American history.

 

 The fight against pain
A USA TODAY/ABC News/Stanford University Medical Center poll found that more than half of Americans live with chronic or recurrent pain, and for large numbers of Americans, the pain interferes with their daily lives. The two news organizations team up to cover the treatment of pain.

 

 The passing of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II, who reigned for 26 years over the Roman Catholic Church and reached out to record numbers of people across the globe, died Saturday night, April 2 in his Vatican City apartment. He was 84. USATODAY.com reflects on the life of the pontiff and takes a look at what lies ahead for the Catholic Church.

 

 Election Day 2004
President Bush formally won a second term in office and quickly promised to unite the country after a taut and chaotic contest that wasn't decided until the pivotal state of Ohio went to Bush in the late morning after Election Day, leading Democratic John Kerry to concede. Listed below are a few highlights of Election Day.

 

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