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Exemptions for Charities Face New Challenges

The Minnesota Supreme Court’s ruling that a day care agency had to pay taxes because it essentially gave nothing away has alarmed nonprofit groups.

Mexico’s War Against Drugs Kills Its Police

President Felipe Calderón’s vow to clean up police corruption and end drug-related violence has turned into a street war in which no target has been too big and no attack too brazen for the gangs.

Weeks After Cyclone in Myanmar, Even Farmers Wait for Food

The government has sought to suggest the country had enough rice, but people lining the roads of the ravaged Irrawaddy Delta waiting to be fed tell a different story.

• Donors Press Myanmar to Let Aid Workers In
• Times Topics: Myanmar | Cyclone Nargis

Clinton Could Face Uneasy Return to Senate

Hillary Rodham Clinton ranks as only No. 36 out of 49 Senate Democrats, more of whom favored Barack Obama.

• Standing In for Kennedy, Obama Embraces Legacy
• Kennedy Comment Sends Clinton Into Damage Control

States Chafing at U.S. Focus on Terrorism

State and local officials say federal financing for domestic security is too closely tied to combating terrorist threats.

How Green Is the College? Time the Showers

As part of a growing campus sustainability movement, students are reducing carbon emissions in their own lives.

• Video: This Green House