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No Retirement News

WASHINGTON – Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (search) on Monday read aloud a ruling he had authored, but offered no news about his own plans, disappointing court watchers who had expected him to announce his retirement. Even so, the 80-year-old justice may have presided over the nation’s highest …

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Average Gasoline Price Rises for Third Straight Week

WASHINGTON – U.S. drivers paid more at the gasoline pump for the third week in a row, as crude oil costs climbed to a new record high, the government said Monday. The national price for regular unleaded gasoline jumped 3.1 cents over the past week to $2.16 a gallon, up …

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Senate OKs Climate Change Measure

WASHINGTON – The Senate endorsed President Bush’s climate-change policies Tuesday, approving a measure that avoids mandatory reductions of heat-trapping pollution while still boosting government support for cleaner energy sources. In a second setback for environmentalists, the Senate agreed to conduct an inventory of offshore oil and gas resources that some …

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