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Lawmakers chide Mukasey on press freedom

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers chided Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday for claiming national security concerns in opp...

House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie

WASHINGTON - Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid f...

Calif. woman mauled by bear recovers after surgery

LOS ANGELES - A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sou...

Hurricane Dolly weakens, fears turn to flooding

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph an...

Obama visits Western Wall

JERUSALEM - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursda...

Vigorous debate held on 'don't ask, don't tell'

WASHINGTON - Opponents of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military denounced it as cruel and unpatriotic...

Convicted killers in Texas, Miss., put to death

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas executed a man Wednesday who was convicted of killing a woman and her child, while Mississippi p...

Obama to run ads during Olympics

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama is going for the gold.

McCain denies he misstated timing of Iraq surge

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the t...

Lawmakers press Labor Dept on worker exposure rule

WASHINGTON - Leading lawmakers on Wednesday accused the Bush administration of acting in secret to make it harder to limit...

Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of add...

Anti-gay Okla. lawmaker caught with gun at Capitol

OKLAHOMA CITY - A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the ...

Air Force says no survivors of B-52 crash off Guam

HONOLULU - All six crew members aboard a B-52 bomber that crashed off Guam were killed, the Air Force said Wednesday as th...

Anti-gay Okla. lawmaker caught with gun at Capitol

OKLAHOMA CITY - A state lawmaker who gained national notoriety with an anti-homosexual rant was stopped from entering the ...

Powerful earthquake hits Japan, dozens injured

TOKYO - A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast early Thursday, injuring at least 91 people, triggeri...