الجمعة، 24 يونيو 2011

Afternoon Update: House Spurns Obama on Libya but Does Not Cut Funds

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House Spurns Obama on Libya but Does Not Cut Funds

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

The House dealt a symbolic blow to President Obama by rejecting a bill to authorize the operations in Libya, but also turned back a measure that would have cut funding for the effort.

The Caucus

Obama Seeks to Restart Budget Talks

By JACKIE CALMES

President Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Monday will meet separately with the Republican and Democratic Senate leaders.

Long Elusive, Mob Legend Ended Up a Recluse

By ADAM NAGOURNEY and ABBY GOODNOUGH

After a decade of living a quiet life in California, James (Whitey) Bulger and his girlfriend will appear in court in Boston on Friday.

School's Out, Forever

By DAVID GONZALEZ

The closing of St. Martin of Tours in the Bronx reflects a crisis facing the Roman Catholic educational system in New York.

Peter Falk, Rumpled and Crafty Actor on 'Columbo,' Dies at 83

By BRUCE WEBER

Mr. Falk, known for his signature role on television, had a wide-ranging career in comedy and drama in film and onstage.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast

The politics behind President Obama's policy on Afghanistan troop withdrawals; a report from Kabul on what's at stake; and the daughter of a Bahraini human rights activist speaks out after he is sentenced to life in prison.

Opinion

Opinionator | Fixes

Helping the Lame Walk, Without a Miracle

In India, an affordable prosthetic limb is giving many poor people the ability to fend for themselves again, writes Tina Rosenberg.

BUSINESS
Common Sense

Writing a Check to Make a Bribery Charge Go Away

By JAMES B. STEWART

In his debut column for The Times, James B. Stewart writes about the Tyson Foods bribery case, in which no one at the company was charged despite its admission to making illegal payments to veterinarians in Mexico.

Europeans Accept New Greek Bailout

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Europe's leaders prepared the way for a second bailout of Greece, pledging not to abandon the debt-laden nation to a default providing its Parliament votes for a tough austerity package.

Overbuilding in Spain Leaves Many White Elephants

By RAPHAEL MINDER

Over the past two decades, Spain built transport networks at a rate that few other European countries came close to challenging, but the financial crisis has left some projects in limbo.

DealBook

Go Daddy Nears Sale to K.K.R. and Silver Lake

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED

The Go Daddy Group is near a deal to sell itself to a group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake for between $2 billion and $2.5 billion.

Luxury Brands Follow the Money to Asia

By BETTINA WASSENER

Western luxury companies are choosing to list in Hong Kong to take advantage of the growing Asian market and the increasing wealth of Asian shoppers.

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