By Vote of 65 to 31, Bill Is Sent to Obama
By CARL HULSE
The Senate repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military.
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The Senate repealed the ban on gays serving openly in the military.
A Senate vote blocking a bill to grant legal status to illegal immigrant students set back an emerging movement and rebuffed the administration’s policy.
As contingency planning for any lasting American military mission has continued, the political landscape in both countries has made it more possible that the 2011 withdrawal could truly be total.
The percentage of business cases on the Supreme Court docket has grown, as has the percentage won by business interests.
The leak of a police report sheds light on the sexual misconduct that led to legal troubles for Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
Buildings by the architect Domènech melded the old with the new in Barcelona. Above, the Palau de la Música Catalana, a jewel of Catalan modernisme.
For many rural people, cash is so scarce that the 85-bed Chidamoyo Christian Hospital allows bartering.
The North warned that it would retaliate if the drill went on as Bill Richardson continued to try to ease tensions.
American helicopters and medical evacuation crews at small outposts help injured soldiers but often aid civilians.
The women’s basketball team at Wayland Baptist University, a tiny university in West Texas, thrived in the 1950s and ’60s.
Unless President Obama develops a plan to rebut calls for premature spending cuts, the tax-cut deal will not do as much good as he says it will.
Where else can one find dancing lemurs, pirate graves, untouched beaches along with Paris-grade baguettes?
Home prices in London have rebounded 15 to 20 percent since they fell 25 percent in 2007.
Ford has reinvented the Explorer, providing more comfort for passengers and less off-road capability.
Marc Cenedella, founder and C.E.O. of the job search site TheLadders.com, likes to ask candidates “What have you done in the past relative to what this job needs?”
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