With Financial Overhaul Near, Lobbyists Focus on Regulators

Partisans on both sides will get a second chance to influence the outcome as agencies fill in the blanks in lawmakers? vague financial legislation.

At G-20 Summit Talks, Obama Lacks Strong Hand on Stimulus

Despite President Obama?s pitch for stimulus measures, the U.S. will go along with other leaders at the Group of 20 talks who are more concerned about rising debt, officials said.

U.S. Keeps Command of Military in Seoul

President Obama said Saturday that the United States would retain control of all military forces in the South during any conflict on the Korean Peninsula.

A Year at War: One Battalion?s Wrenching Deployment to Afghanistan

For the next year, the First Battalion, 87th Infantry of the 10th Mountain Division will be in Afghanistan, part of the additional 30,000 troops at the backbone of President Obama?s plan for ending the war.

Insurance Pools Readied in Some States

About 20 states will soon receive contracts to run new insurance pools for people with serious medical problems.

Cleanup Hiring Feeds Frustration in Alabama Fishing Town

Bayou La Batre, Ala., has become something close to a one-employer town, with BP acting as both the destroyer of livelihoods and the main source of income.

Guineans Revel in Prospect of First Free Vote

For the first time since independence in Guinea, there is no occupant of power to manipulate the vote.

Sports of The Times: Americans Have No One to Blame but Themselves

The Yanks did it to themselves this time, with a mistake in the first half and a breakdown in the first overtime period, and that was more than enough.

Dodgers 9, Yankees 4: Burnett Falters Again and Yankees Lose to Dodgers

A.J. Burnett continued his recent struggles, allowing six runs in three innings, as the Yankees lost to the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Falling Tree Branch in Central Park Zoo Kills Baby

The girl and her mother were posing for a photograph in front of the sea lion exhibit when they were struck.

Obama and Roberts Will Cast Shadows Over Kagan Hearings

At her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Elena Kagan may well be a supporting player in a drama featuring two men not even there.

After Kyrgyz Unrest, a Question Lingers: Why?

The interim government has yet to provide a convincing explanation of why the ethnic violence occurred, a reflection, experts say, of the leadership?s inner turmoil.