The Senate voted 60 to 38 in favor of ending debate on the Wall Street reform legislation this morning, clearing the way for a final vote on the bill later today.

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When he detected the object, Bill Yeung contacted the Minor Planet Center in Massachusetts, the clearing house for such discoveries, which gave it the designation J002E3 and posted it on their Near-Earth Object Confirmation webpage.

BBC: New 'moon' found around Earth