The Senate voted last night to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative over a crucial, preliminary hurdle in a formidable display of muscle-flexing by the Democratic majority. (Today)

Smoking pot isn't what it used to be for Joe Lee, 62, a vintage-record dealer in suburban Rockville, Md. (Today)

The lie-detector team brought in by Mexico's top cop was supposed to help clean up the country's long-troubled police. There was just one problem: Most of its members themselves didn't pass, and a supervisor was rigging results to make sure others did. (Today)

Six days a week in the wee hours of the morning, Saswati Patnaik logs into her home computer. (Today)

American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban. (Today)