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Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
England's most famous race meeting, the Royal Ascot, has decreed gentlemen must wear jackets and ties, and women skirts of appropriate length.
New charges were brought against the captain and navigational officer of a wrecked ship that spilled oil along the coast of New Zealand, officials said Tuesday.
The cargo ship Rena is cracked on both sides and could break and sink, making oil recovery from the waters off New Zealand much more difficult, officials said.
The ecological damage from oil spilled into New Zealand waters from a grounded container ship could last for decades, authorities said.
New Zealand aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2050.
The House of Representatives ethics committee has admonished the No. 2 member of the legislative body for trying to improperly influence a member.
A U.S. House ethics committee has admonished three lawmakers for actions during the vote on the Medicare Modernization Act last year.
Reps. Nick Smith, R-Mich., and Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., introduced a bill Wednesday to restore Chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code, which impacts farmers.
An inquiry into allegations that a Michigan representative was offered a bribe to support the Medicare Prescription Drug law has been delayed.
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