WASHINGTON – The White House is cooperating with an FBI investigation into a former Marine who worked in the vice president’s office and has been charged with passing classified information to Filipino officials. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, a 21-year Marine (search) veteran who became an FBI intelligence analyst last year, already …
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NEW YORK – “Monty Python’s Spamalot” has made a lot. The Tony-winning musical based on the film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” has recouped its $12 million investment, less than seven months after opening on Broadway. The show has done strong business at the Shubert Theatre since its premiere …
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan (search) and India (search) made an unprecedented agreement Sunday to open their heavily militarized border in disputed Kashmir to aid the flow of relief goods and reunite divided families in the aftermath of South Asia’s colossal earthquake. The head of the U.N. Children’s Fund (search) warned …
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NEW YORK – The producer fired for her role in the discredited CBS News report about President Bush’s military service believes that CBS was more interested in protecting itself than finding out the truth behind her story. In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Mary Mapes (search) wrote that “no …
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WASHINGTON – Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (search) will return to court next Tuesday for a hearing on whether the judge assigned to handle his trial should be removed. Dick DeGuerin, DeLay’s attorney, said the Texas Republican would attend the hearing in Austin because “he wants to be involved …
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New research released by Consumer Reports WebWatch (search) finds that U.S. Internet users are cutting back on the hours they spend online, shunning e-commerce and refusing to give out personal information as a result of the rising tide of Web-based crimes related to identity theft. According to the WebWatch report, …
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This week, the Bush administration went to the Supreme Court to challenge Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, which was passed twice by voters in the state. If the government wins the case, it could move to shut down a law that supporters say has been helping hundreds of Oregonians die with …
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BOSTON – Orlando Hernandez (search) delivered a vintage performance out of the bullpen and Paul Konerko hit a tiebreaking homer as Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 Friday to sweep the defending World Series champs out of the playoffs and win a postseason series for the first …
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NEW YORK – Stocks rallied Wednesday as better-than-expected profit reports pointed to a strong third-quarter earnings period and crude oil prices ended the day lower. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was up 80 points, or 0.78 percent, at 10,365.15. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (search) was up 11.66 …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suspected Taliban (search) militant detonated explosives strapped to himself, killing a former militia commander and two others Monday in a southern Afghan city, while a second homicide bomber was thwarted when he blew himself up as he fled police. Firefights in the country’s east, meanwhile, killed …
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