Only the Olympics could bump Mao Zedong, the founding leader of communist China, off a Chinese banknote.

An electronic surveillance bill has cleared an important hurdle in the Senate. A test vote on the measure Wednesday won the support of 80 senators who want to begin debate. Only 15 senators tried to kill the bill by blocking the debate.

Only two states have yet to hold Democratic presidential contests. Here are the details for Tuesday’s races:

NBC is limping to the close of the prime-time TV season. Only one of the network’s shows, “Law & Order: SVU,” finished among the 25 most-watched shows last week, ranking No. 16, according to Nielsen Media Research. “Shark,” a drama that CBS is canceling, was seen by more people last week than any other NBC show but “SVU.”

For nearly three in 10 households, don’t even bother trying to call them on a landline phone. They either only have a cell phone or seldom if ever take calls on their traditional phone.

Only a month has passed since ordinary Cubans won the right to own computers, and the government still keeps a rigid grip on Internet access.

A Georgia judge who kicked whites out of his courtroom while he lectured black defendants is getting a comedian’s help in delivering his stern message.

Only hours after the city announced plans to ratchet up scrutiny of construction dangers, a construction worker was seriously hurt in a 25-foot plunge off a scaffold at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, authorities said.

Only 200 yards separate Syrian soldiers from Israeli troops in the Golan Heights.