May 8, 2011

A horse that had never run on dirt overcame steep obstacles with a jockey who was only paired with him late this week, covering the track in 2:02.04.

The vaunted Republican network of high-dollar donors and fund-raisers has been slow to commit itself, resulting in a faltering start to the party’s drive to unseat President Obama.

Critics have long painted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as well-intentioned but weak.

In San Francisco, a phone app gives information about areas with available parking spaces.

The crackdown seemed to mark a decisive turn in an uprising that has posed a grave challenge to President Bashar al-Assad.