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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill on Monday.

Several media tallies report there are enough votes to pass a "clean" spending bill. But vote counts by media organizations aren't the most reliable way to gauge the prospects of legislation.

Fresh picked green chiles are bound for stews, burritos, enchiladas, pozole and more. Fall is chili roasting season in New Mexico.

That Smoky Smell Means Chile Roasting Season In New Mexico

Green chile burritos, green chile chicken enchiladas, green chile stew with pork, green chile on a burger: If it has green chile, you're in New Mexico.

Dr. Douglas Aspros holds a patient not covered by the Affordable Care Act.

Veterinarians Say Health Law's Device Tax Is Unfair To Pets

The Affordable Care Act included a sales tax on medical devices that is supposed to help pay for the expansion of health insurance coverage. But the tax is being levied on some devices, such as ultrasound scanners, that are used to diagnose and treat animals instead of humans.

NASA's flight path for its Juno space probe, which is expected to buzz Earth at 3:21 p.m. ET on Wednesday.

Jupiter Or Bust, But First A Quick Fly-By Of Home

NASA's Juno space probe has traveled about 1 billion miles on its course to reach Jupiter in 2016. Yet it's nearly back where it started — Juno will be 347 miles away from Earth on Wednesday afternoon.

Paris, Texas, May Fulfill Years-Old City Services Promise

Some residents of Paris, Texas, have been fighting to secede. They say the city owes them water and sewer lines that were promised when their part of town was annexed 14 years ago. A resolution may be at hand.

Gene Simmons of KISS during a 2009 concert in Washington, D.C.

Nirvana, Linda Ronstadt And KISS Among Rock Hall Nominees

Will "Rock and Roll All Nite" be blaring at next year's induction ceremony? For years, fans (and some bloggers) have been saying that KISS should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Members of KISS Army could help make that happen.

Sage Advice for College Freshmen

Labor Day means different things to different people: the last day of official summer, the last big outdoor party, or the best sales of the year. Some…

Instructions Not Included, a film starring and directed by Eugenio Derbez, was made specifically for a Mexican and U.S. Latino audience.

Latino Buying Power Gets Movie Studios' Attention

The Spanish language film Instructions Not Included was No. 5 at the box office over the Labor Day weekend. Movie studios are paying attention to Latino audiences because they buy a quarter of the movie tickets sold in the U.S.

A Bangladeshi garment worker participates in a protest outside the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Export Association office building in the capital, Dhaka, on July 11. The country's Parliament approved a new law that would allow workers to unionize more freely.

New Bangladeshi Law Lets Workers Unionize More Freely

The vote comes amid scrutiny of working conditions in the country, and it follows a building collapse outside Dhaka in April that killed more than 1,000 people. The country's media say the measure is an effort to appease Western critics of working conditions.

The National Security Agency headquarters at Fort Meade, Md.

NSA Has Broken Privacy Rules 'Thousands Of Times Each Year'

An internal audit of the spy agency turned up many cases of "unauthorized surveillance of Americans or foreign intelligence targets in the United States," The Washington Post reports. Documents supplied by "NSA leaker" Edward Snowden add new details to the scope of U.S. surveillance programs.

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