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While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

While most political cartoons about Thatcher's death have been boring and predictable (Thatcher greeting Ronald Reagan in heaven...couldn't have seen that one coming), here are six cartoons that underscore the complex and controversial legacy Thatcher left behind.

Local mixed reactions to the announcement Monday that Seattle Police Department Chief John Diaz has resigned his post.

Most Americans favor members of Congress voluntarily returning some portion of their salary as a result of the impact of the sequestration budget cuts, which went into effect March 1. In response to two suggested giveback amounts, 78 percent of Americans favor Congress members returning 5 percent of their pay, and 79 percent favor Congress returning 25 percent.

President Barack Obama recently volunteered to return 5 percent of his presidential salary to the U.S. Treasury as a result of the sequestration, and other elected officials and members of the Cabinet have followed suit by pledging to return a portion of their salary to the Treasury or give a percentage to charity.

Federal District Judge Edward Korman ruled Friday to direct the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove the age restriction on emergency contraception within 30 days and allow the product on pharmacy shelves for all women.

On April 3,1973, the first cell phone call was made on a prototype of what would become the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, by Martin Cooper. Forty years later, 29 percent of Americans describe their cell phone as “something they can’t imagine living without.”

For the first time in more than four decades of polling on the issue, a majority of Americans favor legalizing the use of marijuana. A national survey finds that 52 percent say that the use of marijuana should be made legal while 45 percent say it should not.

Adults on Medicaid - by definition, those with lower incomes - are in relatively much poorer health than are those who get their healthcare from other sources, reflecting the overall-population finding that poor health is inversely correlated with income.

Could drug addiction treatment of the future be as simple as an on/off switch in the brain? A study in rats has found that stimulating a key part of the brain reduces compulsive cocaine-seeking and suggests the possibility of changing addictive behavior generally.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

Tax Day is less than two weeks away and, for many, this means finally getting around to finishing their taxes and writing out that check to Uncle Sam. Everyone hates paying taxes, but cartoonists despise them.

The Stylebook no longer sanctions the term “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person. Instead, it tells users that “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally.