Kahne would not have taken over 11th place had Nascar not put in a new rule last month mandating that races end with two green-flag laps.
For the first time since Nascar put in a rule last month mandating that each race be given a chance to end with two green-flag laps, a race was extended.
The law enacted as a result of the debt-ceiling-increase deal last month mandates $900 billion in cuts over 10 years.
The House of Representatives passed a bill last month mandating new fees on the nation's biggest banks to fund a mechanism that would help regulators unwind large, systemically-important institutions.
The law, which will go into effect next July, mandates minimum hourly wages of $9 with health benefits, or $10.25 without.
To make technique easier to master for children 10 and under, the U.S.T.A. in January mandated smaller equipment and court sizes.
The decision came after a three-month mandated review that had been narrowed to Arnold and two other finalists: Allen & Gerritsen in Watertown, Mass., and Modernista in Boston.
The state of Colorado, where Columbine High School erupted in gunfire in 1999, passed legislation in May mandating an anti-bullying program, and many more states are considering requirements.
In recent years, two dozen states have passed legislation — New York did so just last November — mandating education and outreach programs or increasing penalties for those who facilitate cutting.
The F.A.A. issued an airworthiness directive in January mandating that airlines inspect their Boeing 757-200s and 300s, after it received several reports of cracking in the fuselage skin of roof panels.
Representative Sander Levin of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee, promised legislation in July mandating that presidential candidates release 10 years of tax returns, along with the location, value and economic purpose of all offshore bank accounts and investments.
