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Sen. Mitch McConnell's job requires him to make deals with Democrats, something at which he's been especially good. But he may be forced to use proxies like Sen. John McCain because of an expected Tea Party primary challenger to his re-election.

A new study finds that men who routinely skipped breakfast had a 27 percent higher risk of having a heart attack or dying from coronary heart disease compared to men who ate breakfast.

The House rejected a measure that would have ended funding for a National Security Agency program that collects the phone records of Americans. The amendment to the defense spending bill had the support of liberal Democrats and libertarian Republicans, but was opposed by the Obama administration.

For the past few years in July, a sleepy Russian provincial town has rolled out the red carpet to host the best in European film.

In Antoine Fuqua's thriller Olympus Has Fallen, the White House is invaded by North Korean terrorists. Angela Bassett, who plays the Secret Service director, and Fuqua talk about the film's casting — and about how it opens at a politically sensitive time.

Tom Menino has been mayor of Boston since 1993 — but on Thursday he announced he will not seek a sixth term. Bruce Gellerman reports on the man who saw the city through the tech bubble, the Big Dig and an economic revival.

Financial terms of the sale, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2013, were not disclosed. The announcement comes just weeks after major publishers launched their own book-recommendation website.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's remarks follow a week of tense rhetoric and tit-for-tat military moves between the two sides.

Psychologists have used the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and other tragedies to track the arc of recovery from incidents like the marathon bombing. Such tragedies make many people think about their own vulnerability.

The College of Cardinals is holding its first official meetings Monday at the Vatican. Some want the conclave to start as soon as possible; others want time to get to know each other. The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has posed challenges for the cardinals as they set out to choose the next pope.