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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Last Update: 11:13 PM ET

Pakistan Arrests C.I.A. Informants in Bin Laden Raid

Pakistan’s detention of five C.I.A. informants, including a Pakistani Army major, is the latest evidence of the fractured relationship between the United States and Pakistan.

Candidates Show G.O.P. Less United on Goals of War

Some presidential candidates are shifting from the hawkish consensus on national security that has dominated Republican foreign policy for the last decade.

Effort to End Tax Credit for Ethanol Fails in Senate

Most Democrats banded together with farm-state Republicans to defeat the challenge to the subsidies.

Economic Scene

Cutting the Deficit, Adding Jobs

Both parties have reason to compromise on the debt talks under way as the economy shows signs of stumbling.

Workers at a Wal-Mart in Lancaster, Calif., have been organizing to push for better pay and conditions from the retailer.
J. Emilio Flores for The New York Times

Wal-Mart Workers Try Union Alternative

After failed attempts to unionize Wal-Mart stores, the nation’s main union for retail workers decided to help create a nonunion group that has signed up thousands.

F.D.A. Unveils New Sunscreen Rules

Terms like “sunblock,” “waterproof” and “sweatproof” will be banned from labels since they imply a false level of protection.

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From African Village to Center of Ordeal

Interviews with people who know Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s accuser portray her as quiet and unassuming.

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Collective Bargaining Law Upheld in Wisconsin

The court ruling ended, for now, questions about when and whether the cuts would take effect, but also underscored the state’s widening partisan divide.

Lance Armstrong Incident Interests F.B.I.

Federal authorities want to know if a recent encounter with Tyler Hamilton constituted witness tampering.

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Bing Gordon, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says, “I’m kind of teacher-consultant more than wielder of power.”

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