Sphere Team - Andrea Stone

Andrea Stone

Senior Washington Correspondent

A former USA Today correspondent, Andrea has covered Washington, national and international news. She has reported from 47 states, 28 countries, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.

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Teresa Heinz Is Latest to Share Breast Cancer Battle

posted: 4 days 17 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 23) -- Teresa Heinz, wife of 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry, is the latest is an unsettling line of politically connected women to announce she has breast cancer. Heinz, 71, ...

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Capitol Statuary Lineup Isn't Set in Stone

posted: 3 days 17 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 24) -- Heidi Fitzgerald stared at the larger-than-life statue of Roger Sherman in the Capitol crypt and was clueless. "Do you know who he is?" she asked another visitor. "I would hav ...

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'Finish Line in Sight' for Health Care Reform

posted: 5 days 10 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 22) -- All that was missing was the champagne. Hours after a sunrise vote on health care, and with what is expected to be just one more perfunctory vote on Christmas Eve, Senate Demo ...

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Health Care Polls Reflect Opposition and Confusion

posted: 6 days 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 21) -- The polls are clear: A majority of Americans don't like the health care ideas proposed by Democrats in Congress. Now, if only they knew what those ideas were. The Pew Researc ...

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Dismissed UN Envoy: I Never Plotted to Oust Karzai

posted: 6 days 14 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 21) -- An American diplomat fired by the United Nations after accusing the organization of covering up widespread fraud in Afghanistan's recent election denies he ever plotted to rep ...

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Exclusive Look Inside White House at Christmas

posted: 10 days 8 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 17) – Can't check out this year's Christmas decorations at the White House in person? Not a problem. In an exclusive first look for Sphere, first lady Michelle Obama offers a ...

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What Health Care Reform Might Mean for You

posted: 10 days 9 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 17) – Being naughty or nice has nothing to do with it. As the Senate prepares to work up to and maybe through Christmas to pass a health care bill, the emerging legislation is ...

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DC Passes Gay Marriage; Congress to Weigh In

posted: 12 days 10 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- In a vote that sets up the first test of gay marriage in the U.S. Congress, the District of Columbia City Council on Tuesday voted to make same-sex marriage legal in the natio ...

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Filibuster Junkies: Why Senate Can't Kick the Habit

posted: 12 days 10 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- The members of the world's most exclusive club share an addiction they just can't kick. The filibuster is at the center of the current debate on health care reform. The stalli ...

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Lieberman's Break From Democrats Sparks Fury

posted: 13 days 7 hours ago

WASHINGTON (Dec. 14) -- Democrats returned to town Monday seething over Sen. Joe Lieberman's latest break from his old party over health care. "It's beyond frustration," said Rep. John Larson, a fell ...

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