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Health-Care Reform After Kennedy: A Scaled-Back Bill?

By KAREN TUMULTY / WASHINGTON

Democrats are talking about a September relaunch — and possibly jettisoning some of the most controversial elements

Laughing Gas: The Latest Threat to the Ozone Layer

By BRYAN WALSH

Scientists are finding a new man-made threat to the ozone layer: nitrous oxide (N2O), otherwise known as laughing gas

The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Switch to Verdana

By LISA ABEND

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has swapped its signature Futura font for the more Web-friendly Verdana, leading fans of design and affordable coffee tables everywhere to take to the Internet in outrage

Makin' Bacon: Foodies Are Going Hog Wild Over Pig

By HILARY HYLTON

This summer, Americans are going the whole hog, as a new appreciation of nose-to-tail eating has foodies caught up in a make-your-own-bacon craze

Subprime Lenders Head the Line for Federal Subsidies

By JANET MORRISSEY

As the government spends heavily to fight home foreclosures, some of the biggest beneficiaries will be banks that created the subprime mortgages

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By JAY NEWTON-SMALL

Now lying in repose at the JFK Presidential Library, Kennedy's body — in Irish tradition — will never be left alone: family and friends will take turns holding vigil.

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Quotes of the Day

"The effect of it could be to de-legitimise the whole [electoral] process."
Senior British diplomat LORD ASHDOWN,
commenting on the alleged "explosive" meeting between Afghanistan's president Hamid Karzai and U.S. special envoy Richard Holbrooke
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Postcard from...

Sana'a

Is Yemen Chewing Itself to Death?

By Andrew Lee Butters

Never mind the social effects of an entire nation addled by the narcotic leaf khat, growing the plant could leave the country short of drinking water

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