The Caucus: House Votes to Block Funds for Light Bulb Standards

The Caucus: House Votes to Block Funds for Light Bulb Standards
Clarke and Glover share Open lead
Turkey responds to Kurdish attack
Murdoch to apologise for hacking scandal
Getting Started: You Say You’re a Dream Renter? Prove It.
The 6th Floor: Long Story Shortlist: Rockets, Robots and Aretha
Explosion in Israel injures several people: police
Obama makes call to space station
Mumbai Response Suggests Failures
The New Old Age: White Flight From the Nursing Home
At War: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Isn't a Quick Fix
At War: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Isn't a Quick Fix
VIDEO: Drought appeal raises millions
Minnesota Lawmakers Work on Budget
Video Game Review: Brave New World That’s as Familiar As the Machine It Fights With
Italy passes austerity package
Green: After 8 Decades, Tiny Toad Resurfaces in Asia
City Critic: Please Don’t Swat the Bug Tattoo
World's top asylum spot South Africa plans crackdown
Greek Debt Summit Is Set for Thursday

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:27 AM PDT

After losing a bid to repeal efficiency standards earlier this week, Republicans eliminated funding to enforce the regulations.

Clarke and Glover share Open lead

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:34 PM PDT

Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke fires a second round 68 to share the lead with Lucas Glover at the halfway stage of the 2011 Open Championship.

Turkey responds to Kurdish attack

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:31 PM PDT

Turkey's prime minister has vowed that Kurdish rebels will pay a "heavy price" after launching an ambush that killed 13 Turkish soldiers.

Murdoch to apologise for hacking scandal

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:40 AM PDT

Move follows resignation of senior executive of media baron's company that published paper shut down over hacking.

Getting Started: You Say You’re a Dream Renter? Prove It.

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:59 AM PDT

New York's landlords are very selective, requiring prospective tenants to provide paperwork including tax returns, proof of income and sometimes even references.

The 6th Floor: Long Story Shortlist: Rockets, Robots and Aretha

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:38 AM PDT

For the second week running, we've collected the best long-form journalism in the Times. A new shortlist will be posted every Friday afternoon on The 6th Floor blog, as well as on our Longreads page. If you follow #Longreads on Twitter, you'll be able to find our picks that way, too.

Explosion in Israel injures several people: police

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:37 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An explosion damaged a building in the Israeli city of Netanya north of Tel Aviv on Friday injuring several people, a police spokesman said.

Obama makes call to space station

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:19 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes a telephone call to the International Space Station to discuss the end of the shuttle programme and the future of human spaceflight.

Mumbai Response Suggests Failures

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:38 AM PDT

Fresh details have emerged about Mumbai's response to blasts that rocked the city two days ago that suggest India's financial capital isn't prepared to handle large-scale terror attacks almost three years after a terrorist rampage.

The New Old Age: White Flight From the Nursing Home

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 11:07 AM PDT

The proportion of minority residents is rising in nursing homes -- and that may not be good news.

At War: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Isn't a Quick Fix

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

The commander of an infantry company says repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy might not be as easy as some claim.

At War: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Isn't a Quick Fix

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:16 AM PDT

The commander of an infantry company says repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy might not be as easy as some claim.

VIDEO: Drought appeal raises millions

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:42 AM PDT

More than $24m (£15m) has been raised by the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal to help people affected by the worst drought in East Africa in six decades.

Minnesota Lawmakers Work on Budget

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:46 AM PDT

The state House and Senate could vote as early as Monday on a deal to end the two-week government shutdown.

Video Game Review: Brave New World That’s as Familiar As the Machine It Fights With

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 12:43 PM PDT

Shadow Cities is another take-over-the-world game, but this time it's not a fantasy realm: You fight for your own town or one elsewhere, using a smartphone and GPS.

Italy passes austerity package

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:01 AM PDT

The lower house gives final approval for $67bn in financial measures to reduce debt over the next three years.

Green: After 8 Decades, Tiny Toad Resurfaces in Asia

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT

A research team tracks down the tree-dwelling Borneo rainbow toad in an area along the Malaysia-Indonesia border that had formerly been inaccessible.

City Critic: Please Don’t Swat the Bug Tattoo

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:06 AM PDT

Naked-flesh season is in full swing in New York, and lots of tattoos are exposed. City Critic gets help hammering out a code of ethics for an increasingly tattooed world.

World's top asylum spot South Africa plans crackdown

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 10:00 AM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa has set the stage for the mass deportation of more than one million Zimbabwean immigrants later this month in a move that could alter its status as the world's largest country of refuge.