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White House allies are in an uproar over pro-business legislation embraced by President Obama, exposing a new rift in his relations with Democratic lawmakers and supporters amid his efforts since the fall to mend those ties.

Trading glitches involving shares of Apple on an upstart stock exchange called BATS on Friday rekindled memories of the May 2010 "flash crash," when prices gyrated wildly, shaking confidence in markets and in regulators' ability to stay on top of them.

The Supreme Court opened its historic review of the national health-care overhaul Monday with an indication that it will be able to decide the constitutional question of whether Congress exceeded its powers despite arguments that the challenge was brought too soon.

LONDON — Forget the gleaming Olympic Stadium, the aero­dynamic velodrome and the Orbit observation deck that looks like a deconstructed Eiffel Tower. Of all the new buildings going up in this city's downtrodden district of Stratford ahead of the 2012 Summer Games, the one the locals can't stop talking about is the mall.

White House allies are in an uproar over pro-business legislation embraced by President Obama, exposing a new rift in his relations with Democratic lawmakers and supporters amid his efforts since the fall to mend those ties.

— Scotusblog breaks down today's health care arguments before the Supreme Court.

— Why the Obamacare decision won't affect Romneycare.

— Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans has a plan to save the economy.

After declining in 2011, foreclosures in many states are likely to spike this year, just as President Obama is facing reelection. Since the beginning of 2012, foreclosures have already risen in 21 states. That's largely because of February's mortgage fraud settlement that clarified which foreclosure procedures by banks are unacceptable, allowing backlogged foreclosures to move forward. Housing experts say that dealing with the foreclosures that have been held up is inevitable and must happen before the housing market can fully recover. But voters might not see it that way, particularly as they're inclined to think that foreclosures are the single most important indicator of the health of the U.S. housing market.

Laura Breneman and Carol Anderson have a couple of things in common. Both are women in their early 50s who feel passionately about the Affordable Care Act. Both slept on the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on the law, which opened Monday. But that's probably where the similarities end: While Breneman strongly supports the law, Anderson absolutely opposes it.