Just last year he had surgery to try to correct some damage from a bullet that shattered his vertebrae and ricocheted out his hip.

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Now, no single step is the silver bullet that will reverse the damage done by the bubble-and-bust cycles that caused our economy into this slide.

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Walls and barriers would show bullet marks but not take any real damage.

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The teen had been in critical condition, but doctors removed the bullet and she has no major brain or nerve damage.

CNN: January 3, 2013 -- Updated 1553 GMT (2353 HKT)