A crime scene in Monterrey, Mexico, last week. Drug-related violence has claimed the lives of more than 40,000 people since late 2006, Mexican officials say. |
By GINGER THOMPSON
Undercover agents have laundered millions in drug proceeds because it helps them identify how cartels move money, where they keep it and who their leaders are.
Police Officers Find That Dissent on Drug Laws May Come With a Price
A Defiant Herman Cain Suspends His Bid for Presidency
By SUSAN SAULNY
The Republican candidate, whose campaign unraveled after allegations of sexual harassment and a long-term affair, said he would still advocate his tax and foreign policy plans.
Gingrich Leads Latest Iowa Poll
Romney Tries to Show His Strength in N.H.
The Champions
As Gas Riches Remake Plains, Lawmaker Shares in Bounty
By ERIC LIPTON
Representative Dan Boren of Oklahoma is a champion in Washington of an industry that is experiencing a historic boom but also increasing scrutiny.
QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I'm at peace with my God. I'm at peace with my wife, and she is at peace with me."
HERMAN CAIN, announcing that he was suspending his Republican presidential campaign amid accusations of sexual impropriety.
WORLD
Egypt's Vote Puts Emphasis on Split Over Religious Rule
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
The Muslim Brotherhood's new clout is plunging it into an Islamist-against-Islamist debate over religion's role in a promised democracy.
Leaders Look to I.M.F., Again, as Euro Crisis Lingers
By ANNIE LOWREY and STEVEN ERLANGER
European Union leaders have already turned to the International Monetary Fund to assist Ireland, Greece and Portugal, and the fund may be asked to assist further.
Interactive Feature: Tracking Europe's Debt Crisis
Trailers once home t o soldiers at Camp Bucca are now being used as hotel rooms. |
A New Hotel, Where the Stay Used to Be Mandatory
By ANDREW E. KRAMER
Basra Gateway is one of the fledgling efforts by Iraqi companies to make good commercial use of hundreds of recently abandoned American military bases.