President Obama pauses as he delivers a speech Sunday night in Newtown.

'You're not alone'

Shooting |  President Obama, and Newtown, grapple with grief after Friday’s mass shooting

Mourners gather for a vigil service at St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church Friday night.

Newtown covered in ashes

Shooting |  A Connecticut town mourns after Friday’s mass shooting at an elementary school

Hooper on set
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'An epic of the human heart'

Movies |  Tom Hooper's Les Misérables is no Broadway show

Supporters of Proposition 8 in California protest outside a San Francisco courthouse in 2011.

Marriage in the courthouse

Supreme Court |  The high court agrees to consider fundamental questions on state and federal marriage laws

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who leads the Archdiocese of New York

First win

Religion |  Court allows first lawsuit from religious groups against the contraceptive mandate to proceed, saying the groups face immediate harm

SANDY: Hard road ahead.
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A long way from normal

Superstorm Sandy |  A month after Superstorm Sandy, New York and New Jersey are reeling

APPEALING: A Hobby Lobby employee setting up Christmas merchandise.
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Crafting a case

Religion |  Christian retailer must provide abortifacients to employees

A religous freedom rally in Philadelphia in March

Temporary repeal

Religion |  Contraceptive mandate challengers get first circuit court-level victory

Natalie Zozzaro in damaged home

A home but homeless

Superstorm Sandy |  A ghost town greets residents returning to the New Jersey barrier islands

Waves wash over a roller coaster off New Jersey's barrier islands.

On the front lines

Superstorm Sandy |  Each day brings new struggles for homeless Sandy survivors, even as national attention wanes

A Hobby Lobby store in Dallas

Not religious enough

Religion |  Judge rules that Christian-owned retailer Hobby Lobby must provide abortifacients to its employees

DIGGING OUT: Clearing debris in a New York neighborhood.
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True grit

Compassion |  Churches, businesses, and homeowners face loss from Sandy and dig in

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