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...effort to break the Democratic filibuster on President Bush's judicial nominees, REPUBLICAN SENATORS like Bill Frist, above, took in cots and blankets to launch a marathon session on the Senate floor. Mark Pryor read from Robert Caro's Master of the Senate; Rick Santorum quoted from Hamlet. The literary pajama party lasted nearly 40 hours, finally ending last Friday morning--after which the Democrats still managed to block three Bush nominees...
...priced car. Toyota crammed it with features: antilock brakes, power windows, air conditioning and a six-speaker stereo. Rough spots: the car's suspension jolts the spine, and the noisy 108-h.p. engine won't win many races, although it's peppy enough in city traffic. Since Scion's launch on the West Coast in June in a phased U.S. rollout, Toyota has sold more than 4,000 xBs (and more than 2,300 of the hatchback xA), exceeding the carmaker's initial expectations and suggesting that this pug's legs may be longer than they look. --By Daren Fonda
...company known for the inexpensive Beetle is now launching its most expensive cars ever. Its first SUV, the Touareg, tops $42,000 with an eight-cylinder engine, putting it in league with hot models from BMW, Cadillac and Infiniti. And a loaded Phaeton, a sedan that cost more than $900 million to develop, will have a sticker price north of $85,000 when it hits U.S. dealerships in December. VW plans to launch dozens of new models over the next two years, including a new Microbus, smaller SUVs and crossover vehicles, and is considering a sexy convertible, the Concept...
Delegates from governments and businesses across the Western Hemisphere are meeting in Miami in an effort to launch the world’s largest free trade bloc, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Such efforts have been dogged in recent years by dissenting voices both inside and outside the meetings...
These trailblazers eventually grew to include students in grades 5-8. Their triumphs have been incredible. Since its launch, KIPP Academy Houston has been dubbed an “Exemplary School” by the Texas Education Agency every single year. Its students invariably score well above the national average on standardized tests. Youngsters at KIPP Academy New York have likewise consistently outperformed—by a wide margin—the other pupils in their district and city on statewide exams...