U.K.'s House of Lords may face modern elections

[USA Today]  For centuries, the British House of Lords has played a role in laws that have defined Western civilization. England now appears poised to end that. The House of Commons on Tuesday voted 462-124 to advance a bill that would require most members of the House of Lords, where some of the more than 800 members inherited their seats from forebears, to gain their seats through elections.