The first day of military exercises seems to have passed off peacefully.

BBC: Yeonpyeong's displaced await Korea peace guarantee

The next six hours were a bit of a blur for everyone, but after the first crowds had happily passed through the doors, we all relaxed and later, evaluating the day over a few glasses of wine.

BBC: Tees - Saltholme - an employee's story

Bank stocks were lower Monday as the market mulls the impact of financial reform legislation passed last week, and muted gains elsewhere faltered in the first hour of the trading day.

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Six months passed from the day Be The Match first contacted me to the day of donating.

CNN: Why I donated my bone marrow

Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones AM described it as "a historic day for the Welsh language" as the assembly government passed its first piece of legislation on the Welsh language.

BBC: Welsh Assembly

It was passed by 601 votes to 27 at first reading at the daily voting session later that day.

BBC: MEPs pass law to protect European gas supplies

To encourage generics makers to challenge patents on drugs, and introduce cheaper copies, an American law passed in 1984 says that the first one to do so will get a 180-day exclusivity period, in which no other generics maker can sell versions of the drug in question, as Ranbaxy supposedly won with Lipitor.

ECONOMIST: Drugmakers

Jindal's comments come a day after the House passed a bill to permit the government to borrow enough money to avoid a first-time default for at least four months, defusing a looming crisis setting up a springtime debate over taxes, spending and the deficit.

NPR: Jindal: GOP Must Stop Being 'Stupid Party'