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After undergoing a battery of tests, Clinton received two stents in a coronary artery. The low-risk procedure involved inserting small metal mesh tubes into the artery to prop it open. The stents will remain within the artery permanently as scaffolding, allowing the vessel to stay open and accommodate blood flow. (See pictures of Clinton's North Korea rescue mission...
...loud as it’s ever been for a Harvard basketball game—seemed determined to will the team to a victory. Coming off the crushing 36-point loss at Cornell in what was the most anticipated game in Harvard history, the Crimson needed the win to stay close to the Big Red and remain in contention for the league crown. Whether or not every student knew the importance of the matchup on display, collectively, they weren’t giving...
...third straight day, about 230,000 federal employees were forced to stay home - a stoppage that Office of Personnel Management director John Berry has said costs taxpayers an estimated $100 million per day in labor that workers are unable to perform. With forecasts darkening on Tuesday, House majority leader Steny Hoyer canceled votes for the rest of the week, while the Senate called off votes slated for Wednesday. For what might be the first time ever, says Fred Beuttler, the House's deputy historian, the chamber's cafeteria was forced to close. Major hearings on Capitol Hill were postponed, including...
...afforded residents of the nation's balmier regions occasion to snicker about D.C.'s reputation for panicking when faced with even the lightest of dustings. But even Obama, a Chicago transplant, acknowledged over the weekend that the city's "Snowmageddon" was formidable. The National Weather Service urged drivers to stay off the roads on Wednesday morning, citing "life-threatening blizzard conditions." Swirling winds of up to 60 m.p.h. were recorded, whipping up near whiteout conditions, with visibility at Dulles International Airport outside Washington about one-tenth of a mile. Thousands of people in the region went without power. The storm...
...developing against the idea. Many E.U. countries are worried about China's increasingly threatening behavior toward Taiwan and are reluctant to sanction an arms buildup that would further isolate the island. France, for one, had called for the embargo to be lifted in 2004, but now says it should stay in place. The European Parliament is also opposed to ending the ban so long as Beijing continues to sell arms to countries like Zimbabwe and Sudan, whose governments the West accuses of committing or supporting violent acts against civilians. And the E.U. would also have to think carefully about antagonizing...