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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday joined the Supreme Court's liberals to save the heart of President Obama's landmark health-care law, agreeing that the requirement for nearly all Americans to secure insurance is permissible under Congress's taxing authority.

Largely overlooked amid the coverage of the Supreme Court's historic health-care law ruling on Thursday was another case that the court dismissed altogether — one that could have long-term implications for corporations facing class-action lawsuits.

United Technologies, a major defense contractor, and two of its subsidiaries on Thursday acknowledged covering up the illicit sale of sensitive military software to China — technology that the country later used to develop its first attack helicopter.

Robert Zoellick's last day as World Bank president is Friday, when he will be succeeded by Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim. The Washington Post interviewed Zoellick on Wednesday in his office at bank headquarters, where moving boxes were packed and luggage --- a gift from his staff -- was sitting by the door.

A court in New Zealand has ruled that the search warrants used by New Zealand police when they raided the home of Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom were invalid.

Reuters reported that a High Court judge said the search warrants were "too vague" and "did not adequately describe the offences to which they related." The judge also ruled that the FBI acted unlawfully when it took copies of data from Dotcom's computer offshore.

Robert Zoellick's last day as World Bank president is Friday, when he will be succeeded by Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim. The Washington Post interviewed Zoellick on Wednesday in his office at bank headquarters, where moving boxes were packed and luggage --- a gift from his staff -- was sitting by the door.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Thursday joined the Supreme Court's liberals to save the heart of President Obama's landmark health-care law, agreeing that the requirement for nearly all Americans to secure insurance is permissible under Congress's taxing authority.