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swampland.time.com — Brendan Hoffman / Bloomberg via Getty Images A nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate immigration reform bill released Tuesday found major savings to the federal budget and positive economic effects if the bill is enacted, providing a major boost to supporters of the "Gang of Eight" bill.

world.time.com — AP / Nelson Antoine (SAO PAULO) - Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil 's 1964-85 dictatorship have broken out across this continent-sized country, uniting tens of thousands frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy tax burden.

business.time.com — Electric vehicles like the Nissan Leaf and Honda Fit EV used to languish on dealership lots for months. A pricing war with aggressive incentives and cheap lease deals has changed all that. Last year, Nissan sold about half the number of Leafs it had anticipated, marking two years in a row of disappointing sales for the electric car pioneer.

newsfeed.time.com — Getty Images Dog-lovers, rejoice. A new poll by Public Policy Polling (PPP) found that more than half of American voters (52%) prefer dogs to just 21% who choose cats. The PPP surveyed 603 registered voters over the phone between June 11-13, 2013, covering a broad range of animal-related questions ranging from favorite movie animal characters to whether or not cat owners are weird.

techland.time.com — When the media begins reporting that some once-pervasive piece of technology is finally, definitively dead, my instinct is always to be skeptical. Back in 2011, for instance, NBC Nightly News ran a segment that commemorated the closure of what it said was the world's last typewriter factory.

swampland.time.com — Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS After a week of mostly ad hoc, often cryptic and generally ineffectual responses to leaked details about its anti-terror surveillance programs, the Obama administration has finally begun articulating a clearer defense of those programs. It amounts to a two pronged-message: The snooping isn't as bad as it sounds, and your civil liberties are scrupulously protected.

swampland.time.com — Alex Wong / Getty Images This might come as a surprise to many readers, but one of the most effective lines of questioning about the government's secret anti-terror surveillance programs at today's House Intelligence Committee hearing came from a woman famous for repeating false information and fringe theories: Michele Bachmann.

nation.time.com — The Pentagon will detailed Tuesday when women will be eligible to train for and join the U.S. military's most elite units, including Army Rangers and Navy SEALs. But it's not those dates on the calendar - 2015 for Rangers and 2016 for SEALs -- that are going to be the most important.

newsfeed.time.com — OREO Over the course of its 101-year life, the Oreo cookie has seen plenty of variations: the Triple Double Oreo, the rainbow gay pride Oreo, the birthday cake Oreo, the dulce de leche Oreo, and pretty much any other variety your taste buds can imagine.

healthland.time.com — Juanmonino / Getty Images Pollutants in the air are known to affect brain development, but the first national study of in utero exposure and autism rates raises new concerns. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) say that early-life exposure to pollution, including diesel particulates, mercury and lead, could contribute to a higher risk of autism disorders.

entertainment.time.com — Paramount They don't shamble in a malevolent sleepwalk, like the creatures in George Romero's Night of the Living Dead. They aren't adorable if voracious teens, like the undead kid in the ghoul-meets-girl Warm Bodies. The zombies in World War Z are a swift, teeming mass, a "perfect delivery system" for worldwide plague.

entertainment.time.com — Chicago Tribune / MCT via Getty Images Roger Ebert would have turned 71 today. He started in journalism at the age of 15, when he tried his hand at sports reporting, and won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism when he was just 32. At the age of 61, he changed my life.

healthland.time.com — Starting next Tuesday, your morning coffee to-go will come with something extra - a full disclosure of its caloric content. The company announced that it will include calorie counts for each beverage on the menu boards at all of its more than 11,000 locations in the U.S.

lightbox.time.com — Elaine Mayes might well be the most accomplished photographer and photography educator that many passionate photography aficionados have never heard of. As one of the very first women teachers of photography who learned her craft primarily in art school, Mayes has influenced generations of photographers while quietly, steadily and tenaciously pursuing her own vision as a creative artist.

business.time.com — This article is the second in Foroohar's series on Chinese business developments and their effect on the global economy; read the first installment here. Wuhan, China - It's tough to feel sorry for billionaires.