General reprimanded over Tillman probe

WASHINGTON - The Army moved Tuesday to stanch the furor over the mishandling of the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman in Afghanistan by censuring a retired three-star general for errors and deceptions and apologizing profusely to the Tillman family and the public for “mistakes, misjudgments and a failure of leadership.”

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Democrats scramble to expand wiretapping

WASHINGTON - Under pressure from President Bush, Democratic leaders in Congress are hurrying to pass legislation this week to expand the government’s electronic wiretapping powers.

Democratic leaders have expressed a new willingness to work with the White House to amend what both sides agree is a problem [...]

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Bush opens up to new British leader

CAMP DAVID, Md. - President Bush and the new British prime minister, Gordon Brown, presented a united front Monday on Iraq and Afghanistan, seeking to dispel suggestions that the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain would deteriorate after the recent transfer of power in London.

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Nuclear power industry shoots for guaranteed loans

WASHINGTON - A one-sentence provision buried in the Senate’s recently passed energy bill, inserted without debate at the urging of the nuclear power industry, could make builders of new nuclear plants eligible for tens of billions of dollars in government loan guarantees.

Lobbyists have told lawmakers and administration officials in [...]

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Chief Justice Roberts in hospital after seizure

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized Monday after suffering a seizure at his summer home in Maine, the Supreme Court announced.

The episode, described as a “benign idiopathic seizure,” was similar to one he suffered 14 years ago, according to the court’s press release. Idiopathic means that the cause of [...]

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Amazon, subsidiary to sell National Archives films

WASHINGTON - The National Archives and Records Administration announced Monday that it has reached a non-exclusive agreement with Amazon.com and one of its subsidiaries to reproduce and sell to the public copies of thousands of historic films and videotapes in the Archives’ holdings.

The arrangement allows Amazon and a [...]

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Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts suffers seizure, hospitalized

WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure at his summer home in Maine today, causing a fall that resulted in minor scrapes, Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.

He will remain in a hospital in Maine overnight.

Roberts, 52, was taken by ambulance to the Penobscot Bay Medical Center, [...]

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U.S. House: Japanese should apologize for sex slaves

WASHINGTON - With one of the surviving victims looking on, the U.S. House Monday ended years of debate by urging the Japanese government to officially apologize for the brutal treatment of thousands of women held as sex slaves during World War II.

With an unrecorded voice vote and no opposition, the House adopted [...]

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Congress to vote on health legislation

WASHINGTON - Sweeping health care legislation that would affect benefits for millions of children and senior citizens - as well as the bank accounts of doctors and insurance companies - comes up for floor votes this week in Congress, in a debate fraught with political risk for both parties.

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Congress to vote on health legislation

WASHINGTON - Sweeping health care legislation that would affect benefits for millions of children and senior citizens - as well as the bank accounts of doctors and insurance companies - comes up for floor votes this week in Congress, in a debate fraught with political risk for both parties.

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