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Senate Democrats are ready to introduce legislation meant to overhaul the nation?s financial system while trying to overcome partisanship.

Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

Officials at A.I.G. are hoping to quell a controversy over bonuses that has plagued the insurer ever since taxpayers came to its aid in 2008.

Ruptures in aging water systems cause pollutants to seep into water supplies, but in many cities, residents have protested rate increases to fix pipes.

Discovery Communications is well positioned in cable TV, analysts say, because it owns most of its shows and can cheaply replay them in dozens of countries.

Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cell phones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.

Waning ad revenue and increasing competition on the Web raise the question if entertainment trade papers like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter can survive.

Phillips-Van Heusen, the clothing conglomerate that owns Calvin Klein, is near a deal to buy Tommy Hilfiger for about $3 billion.

German publishers are worrying that Apple?s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship, particularly when it comes to nudity.

The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online.

Eight days before the film is shown on PBS, it will appear on Facebook for a social experience of the film.

Internet companies and civil liberties groups contend the powers it would give the British authorities would be a move toward censorship.

Finance ministers from the 16 euro zone countries are expected to strike a delicate balance by clarifying how a bailout could be structured while not making a rescue inevitable.

Since Cnooc was rebuffed in its attempt to buy Unocal, China has focused on gaining access to resources rather than acquiring companies.

Some of the harshest words in the court examiner?s report on Lehman?s foundering are reserved for its auditors.

An ad campaign will turn the Vanguard brand name into a verb, the better to help potential customers remember the company?s investment products.

Authorities warned that Google?s partners must comply with censorship laws even if the search giant does not, an industry expert said.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao charged that the developed world was seeking to force unfair changes in China?s economic policies ?just for the purposes of increasing their own exports.?

Advertising takes aim at about 40 House Democrats who will help determine the fate of the health care bill.

Scion, a Toyota brand, underwrote a metal festival in Columbus, Ohio.

Consumers filed 42 percent more complaints about banks last year than they did in 2008, according to the Council of Better Business Bureaus.

The following tax-exempt fixed-income issues are scheduled for pricing this week.

A traditionally passive form of entertainment could someday become a conglomeration of professional production and multiple conversations.

As C.E.O., Kip Tindell has based the foundation principles of the Container Store on collected snippets of wisdom.

A Defense Department official set up a private network of spies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to gather intelligence on insurgents, according to officials.

Evidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.

President Obama expressed outrage at the ?brutal murders? that were apparently carried out by drug traffickers in the border town of Ciudad Juárez.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did not indicate that new housing plans would be canceled.

A disputed plantation is owned by the extended family of a presidential candidate, Benigno Aquino III, whose mother started a land reform program.

A mock news broadcast that pretended to report on a Russian invasion of the country sent viewers into a panic.

American officials have expressed concern privately that even a fair election might be made to appear unfair because of the slow vote count.

Arrests of the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood group have begun much earlier than in elections years past.

A day after a series of bombings, officials appealed to the central government to send more security forces and expand intelligence gathering in Kandahar.

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into Bangkok demanding that the government step down.

The results in a first round of regional elections point to a resounding defeat for the governing party of President Nicolas Sarkozy in the final round next Sunday.

Finance ministers from the 16 euro zone countries are expected to strike a delicate balance by clarifying how a bailout could be structured while not making a rescue inevitable.

An avalanche that killed two people on Saturday at an informal snowmobile rally in Canada?s Rocky Mountains might have been set off by three daredevil sledders, witnesses said.

Supporters of a proposal say it would give copyright holders the tools to tackle piracy at the supply and demand levels.

German publishers are worrying that Apple?s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship, particularly when it comes to nudity.

Authorities warned that Google?s partners must comply with censorship laws even if the search giant does not, an industry expert said.

Prime Minister Wen Jiabao charged that the developed world was seeking to force unfair changes in China?s economic policies ?just for the purposes of increasing their own exports.?

A riveting account of the flawed leadership, bad luck and virulent personalities that led to the 2006 murder of an entire Iraqi family by American soldiers.

This ?character driven? account of two centuries of religious combat is the best recent history of the Crusades.

Manny Pacquiao won his latest fight, but the prospect of a bigger one against Floyd Mayweather Jr. hovers over his plans to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress.

General Augusto Pinochet took power in a 1973 coup that ousted the socialist government of Salvador Allende.Even during Gen. Augusto Pinochet?s bloody rule, his countrymen admired the ideal of order and flocked to the big parades.

Whatever the U.S. wishes, Iran may get nuclear weapons. A debate is building on whether containment would work.

A small Kenyan-born Web site is bringing crowdsourcing to disaster relief and other humanitarian causes.

Video showed the aftermath of a bombing in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday.

Sharif Mobley, who is being held in Yemen as a suspect militant with an Al Qaeda-affiliated group, reportedly worked at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear reactors in New Jersey.

Two Catholic leaders in Austria suggested that the role of priestly celibacy may need to be discussed as Catholics seek to understand and end the sexual abuse of children.

On Friday, Israeli police prevented young Palestinian men from praying at a holy site in Jerusalem, and Israel's military imposed a general ban on travel by Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel.

Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending.

The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency.

At issue is whether plaintiffs have the right to sue when the products that hurt them had met federal standards.

California legislative leaders and the governor have come to an agreement on the state budget, which is now roughly three months late.

After investigators said an engineer in last week?s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.

Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes it impossible for Republicans to gain much ground on the issues of ethics and good government.

The recommendations included a simpler application, Pell grant maximums linked to the consumer price index and federally financed college savings accounts for children in low-income families.

The blueprint would change the city?s building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations.

Treasury and Fed officials were discussing with leaders in Congress a plan for the government to buy up distressed mortgages.

A backlash against short sellers has begun, with regulators in the U.S. and Britain tightening rules and authorities in New York intensifying investigations.

The president spoke briefly on Thursday after remaining largely out of sight as Wall Street has become engulfed by a financial crisis.

Senator John McCain?s once easygoing if irreverent campaign presence ? endearing to crowds, though often resulting in gaffes ? has been put out to pasture.

As Gov. Sarah Palin has moved to the national stage, Senator Ted Stevens, who goes on trial next week, has risen in some opinion polls in Alaska.

Todd Palin was one of 13 people subpoenaed in the inquiry into whether Gov. Sarah Palin or members of her administration abused their power in the dismissal of a top state administrator.

A Spanish-language Obama ad misrepresents John McCain?s record on the immigration issue and his relationship with Rush Limbaugh.

A privacy group filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday seeking to halt what it describes as illegal surveillance of Americans? telephone and Internet traffic.

Remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through the region on Sunday, bringing torrential downpours and strong winds.

As the veterans? health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nation?s veterans.

O. J. Simpson?s legal team began Thursday to mount a defense that will sound familiar to anyone who followed his 1995 murder trial.

Flashing headlights and honking horns penetrated the early-morning sky as police officers and first responders led drivers in a slow procession across the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis.

Gov. Haley Barbour agreed to move a special election for Trent Lott?s former Senate seat to near the top of the November ballot, ending a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of absentee voting.

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell of Alaska conceded to Representative Don Young in the Republican primary for Alaska?s only House seat.

Agriprocessors Inc., an embattled kosher meatpacker with a plant in Postville, Iowa, named a corporate lawyer from New York to be its chief executive, responding to an ultimatum from the leading kosher certifying organization.

An Episcopal bishop, whose diocese is moving toward splitting from the national church, was ousted from ministry.

A man charged in the killings of four people who died during a June killing spree in Illinois and Missouri has been charged with murder in four more bludgeoning deaths.

Every year, an estimated 500,000 people trek to a lake to see a veritable carpet of carp, and the state has temporarily called off a plan to force people to stop feeding bread to the fish.

The N.C.A.A. men's tournament bracket will be revealed.

As the N.C.A.A. is discussing the possibility of expanding its tournament, the assembling of this year?s field was defined by the undistinguished nature of the teams on the bubble.

After Rachel Alexandra finished second in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes on Saturday, her camp said she would not run against the unbeaten Zenyatta next month at Oaklawn.

Manny Pacquiao won his latest fight, but the prospect of a bigger one against Floyd Mayweather Jr. hovers over his plans to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress.

Katie Spotz, an woman from Ohio, completed her solo trip across the Atlantic, becoming the youngest person to cross an ocean by rowboat.

The signing of running back LaDainian Tomlinson continues a trend of high-profile acquisitions by the Jets.

If the Mets expect to rise in the standings this season, they will need John Maine to prove that his 2007 season, when he won 15 games and struck out 180 batters, was no fluke.

David Beckham may miss the World Cup after apparently tearing his Achilles' tendon on Sunday.

After being benched for one game, the Rangers wing, Sean Avery, scored two goals in an important game for the team?s playoff chances.

Kentucky?s play on the way to an SEC title showed that its opponents in the N.C.A.A. tournament will be facing a team that is poised even in high-pressure situations.

Of all the prediction techniques, none does better than simply predicting that the better-seeded team will win.

Jon Scheyer, who missed his first six 3-pointers, hit one with 18 seconds left to give the Blue Devils a 4-point lead over Georgia Tech.

Duke?s Kyle Singler scored 20 points and Jon Scheyer hit a critical 3-pointer with 18 seconds left in Sunday?s Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship game.

Programs with limited budgets, like Morgan State?s, make the strongest argument for why the N.C.A.A. field should be expanded to 96 teams from 65.

The migration of training sites to the greater Phoenix area makes the Cactus League more appealing than the sprawling setup and long drives inherent in spring training in Florida.