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Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

Feared drug cartel leader gets 25 years

Once one of the most feared and dangerous drug traffickers in the world, Benjamin Arellano-Felix, who bribed government officials in Mexico and kidnapped and killed his enemies, was sentenced Monday in federal court in San Diego to 25 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $100 million gained through his ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

It takes more time to deliver a baby than in the 1960s, study finds

While everything else in the modern world is go-go-go, the miracle of birth is actually taking a little longer these days.

An analysis of nearly 138,000 deliveries has found that women in the 2000s averaged 2.6 hours longer to deliver their first child than women in the 1960s, according to ...

Barth and Passell: It's Better to Rent Than to Foreclose

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
Banks would rather avoid evictions, and so would families if the law made rentals a safer bet.


That Voice Sounds Familiar

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
"When God Talks Back" chronicles, as the book's subtitle has it, "the American evangelical relationship with God." Barton Swaim reviews.


The St. Paul Stall

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The city clams up about its Supreme Court switcheroo.


Lévy for Le President

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The French left and right finally agree on something.


Obama vs. Marbury v. Madison

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The President needs a remedial course in judicial review.


Edward Lazear: The Worst Economic Recovery in History

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
Since the second half of 2009, the U.S. economy has grown at a rate of 2.4%, a full percentage point below average long-term growth.


Antitrust Enlightenment

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
A market victory as the FTC approves a drug benefit merger.


John Cochrane: What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The president's lawyer said 'Insurance has become the predominant means of paying for health care in this country.' But whose fault is that? Shouldn't we bring the cash market back?


Stephens: The Very Model of a Modern Muslim Brother

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
Meet Khairat Al Shater, poster boy of 'moderate' Islamist politics.


McGurn: Romney's 'Women Problem'

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
A USA Today poll shows Romney trails among swing-state female voters. Is this because he opposes mandatory coverage of birth control in health insurance?


Notable & Quotable

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
Peter Wood on how to ask a good question, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, March 30.


Jon Kyl: What's at Stake in the Missile-Defense Debate?

Opinion Journal - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The U.S. government has no higher moral obligation than to protect the American people from nuclear attack.


Obama says health care law is constitutional

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
President Barack Obama weighed in Monday on last week's Supreme Court arguments about health care reform, saying he expected the justices to rule the act is constitutional.
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Romney sets sights on women voters

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
GOP candidate Mitt Romney admits that he's "got work to do" to close the gap with women voters in the general election.
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GSA head resigns over "wasteful" Las Vegas seminar

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-05-14 21:24
The head of the General Services Administration resigned Monday after a scathing report that called government spending on a training seminar in Las Vegas "excessive, wasteful, and in some cases impermissible."
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American Scene: Group files U.N. complaint on state's immigration law

MONTGOMERY — An alliance of union and civil rights groups opposed to Alabama's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law has filed a complaint with the United Nations' International Labor Organization.

The complaint Monday alleges that Alabama law violates international norms. It says the law and the U.S. government's inability to come up with ...

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