Clouds’ Effect on Climate Change Is Last Bastion for Dissenters

Ties to Romney ’08 Helped Fuel an Equity Firm

By MICHAEL LUO and JULIE CRESWELL 11:40 PM ET

Tagg Romney, Mitt Romney’s eldest son, and Spencer Zwick, a Romney campaign fund-raiser, turned to wealthy campaign donors for investments in their firm.

With Green Beret Tactics, Combating Gang Warfare

By ERICA GOODE

Two state troopers who were deployed in Iraq are using their counterinsurgency training for a program to combat drug and gang violence back home.

• Slide Show: Back Home, Lessons From the War

California Chefs to Wield Their Spatulas in Fight Over Foie Gras Ban

By JESSE McKINLEY

Some of California’s best-known chefs, such as Thomas Keller, began a full-course press on the state’s legislators on Monday, hoping to prevent the ban from taking effect.

Candidate for Senate Defends Past Hiring

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and ABBY GOODNOUGH 11:13 PM ET

Elizabeth Warren, who is running for the Senate in Massachusetts, was accused of claiming American Indian ancestry to advance her career.

E.P.A. Official in Texas Quits Over ‘Crucify’ Video

By JOHN M. BRODER 12:02 AM ET

A video of Al Armendariz saying he sought to “crucify” companies breaking regulations as a deterrent to others had been circulated by Republican foes of President Obama’s environmental policy.

Wife of Aide to Edwards Testifies About Lies

By LIZETTE ALVAREZ

Cheri Young said she agreed to the deception about John Edwards’s affair because she believed there was no other way to protect Mr. Edwards’s presidential bid and her husband’s career.

In Fight Over Obama Health Law, a Front in Minnesota

By ROBERT PEAR

An icy clash between Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and Republican lawmakers shows the politics involved in a crucial element of the new federal health care law.

Providence Mayor Moves Financial Woes to Fore

By ABBY GOODNOUGH 9:31 PM ET

Mayor Angel Taveras of Providence, R.I., said the only way the city could avoid bankruptcy was by scaling back pension benefits.

Tasers Pose Risks to Heart, a Study Warns

By ERICA GOODE 9:31 PM ET

An analysis of eight people who went into cardiac arrest after receiving shocks from the devices highlights the risks they carry and the importance of using them properly.

Sidebar

A Word Heard Often, Except at the Supreme Court

By ADAM LIPTAK

The justices do not want to hear the most versatile of the Anglo-Saxon swear words even when the case before them turns on it.

Biography of Editor Keeps Watergate Twists Coming

By JULIE BOSMAN

Remarks from 1990 in a new book about Ben Bradlee, the former editor of The Washington Post, drew a defense from the reporter Bob Woodward.