The intensity of the initial skirmishes in the campaign between President Obama and Mitt Romney underscores a new reality about presidential politics. What happens in the months before Labor Day and the candidates’ debates in the fall will shape the race and, if history is a guide, determine who wins in November. Read full article > >

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Lead-up to Labor Day may determine winner of presidential race

Five years after ruling against the wearing of headscarves by female football players, the sport’s world governing body FIFA has taken initial steps to lift the hijab ban. In March 2012, the International Football Association Board (FIFA’s rule-making arm), voted unanimously to allow the testing of specially designed head coverings for the next four months.

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A record chain of kidney transplants resulted from a mix of medical need, pay-it-forward selflessness and lockstep coordination among 17 hospitals over four months.

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The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki was believed to have been a major blow to the propaganda efforts of al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen. But when it comes to his death’s impact on the ability of the group to carry out attacks, the picture remains as cloudy as it was when Awlaki was killed nearly four months ago . Read full article > >

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Former CIA official: Al-Qaeda in Yemen still nimble

FOR MOST OF the past four months, the people of Wukan, a town of about 20,000 in Southern China, were in open revolt against the local Communist Party authorities. The uprising began as a protest against officials’ decision to sell a village-owned pig farm to developers of luxury housing for $156 million, precious little of which wound up in the hands of townspeople. The protests intensified after a leader’s death , which Wukan residents blamed on a severe beating from police. With local Communist officials ousted by the people, China’s higher-ranking authorities were forced to negotiate. Read full article > >

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain’s announcement that he is suspending, rather than terminating, his campaign appears to give him greater flexibility in the months ahead to transfer leftover funds to a candidate or political committee of his choice. That financial flexibility — as well as the potential to benefit by picking up Cain’s supporters — was not lost on the other GOP presidential hopefuls, who Sunday morning continued to heap praise on the embattled former Godfather’s Pizza executive. Read full article > >

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Say you need a suit. Back up. First, say you are a woman. Then, say you need a suit. You are 32, or 38. You are out of grad school or out of the Peace Corps or returning from the maternity leave that was going to last four months and somehow lasted five years. Say you work in Washington. Where do you go? Read full article > >

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For the professional Washington woman, Ann Taylor is her muse

Charlie Gilmour, the son of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, is freed four months after he was jailed following student fees protests in central London.

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Former Army sergeant Arnold Bradley has been living in an unheated GMC van since he was laid off from an automotive parts company four months ago. Every night, he finds a street that seems safe and settles down in his van, which is filled with his clothes and household items. On Saturday, the 49-year-old veteran broke down and cried as he stood in the Prince George’s County Sports and Learning Complex surrounded by people who were there to help him and other homeless people. He held a gray sweatshirt that said “Army.” Read full article > >

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Four months after Supreme Court dismissed bias case.

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Female Wal-Mart Employees File New Suit

BRUSSELS — Pleased by the outcome of the war in Libya, the Obama administration is suddenly all smiles among its NATO allies. Four months after then-Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates delivered a blistering speech accusing NATO of abdicating its defense responsibilities to the United States, his successor, Leon E. Panetta, was conciliatory Wednesday in a visit to the military alliance’s headquarters in Belgium. Read full article > >

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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — For Newt Gingrich, persistence has its rewards. Four months after his early missteps nearly doomed his presidential aspirations, he has defied expectations, crept up in the polls and become a draw on the campaign trail. His tenacity has also been a boon in other ways. It has bolstered his personal brand as the Republican Party’s venerated idea man, who on Thursday released a revamped version of his 1994 “ Contract With America .” It has provided a platform to promote his vast catalogue of books and documentaries . It has even helped his wife, Callista, whose new children’s book recently shot to No. 3 on Amazon’s list of bestsellers. Read full article > >

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Drones can clearly track down terrorists. But they can apparently boost an economy, too. The U.S. military’s deployment of MQ-9 Reaper drones to the Seychelles , a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean, generated $3.1 million in revenue for local businesses during their first four months of operations, according to an unclassified U.S. diplomatic cable buried in the database of State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks. Read full article > >

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Diana Son’s “Stop Kiss” plays like an absorbing public-service announcement. The tale of the furtive lesbian romance that unfolds in the months before and after the commission of a brutal hate crime, the piece sensitively chronicles the sexual awakening of two appealing young women as they tiptoe around mutual desire. Read full article > >

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‘Stop Kiss’: The harsh realities of romance

At least nine people were killed Wednesday after a bomb inside a briefcase exploded outside the Delhi High Court, India’s home minister told lawmakers. It was the second explosion outside the court complex in four months.

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At least 9 killed in blast outside Delhi High Court