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U.S. forces kill 3 Taliban militants in Afghanistan
U.S. troops killed three Taliban militants and detained another during a raid in central Afghanistan, a U.S. military statement ...
Barbara Bush discharged from hospital
Former first lady Barbara Bush was released from a hospital Tuesday, a week after she underwent surgery for a perforated ulcer.
Factory closures, layoffs stir unrest in China
A wave of often violent protests poses a challenge to China's ruling Communist Party, as people take to the streets on issues ...
Obama's fundraising obliterates records
President-elect Barack Obama will report this week that he raised more than $750 million in his campaign for the White House, ...
Hillary Clinton asks supporters to help settle debt
Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign committee sent an e-mail to supporters Tuesday inviting them to congratulate the ...
Supreme Court ponders what's 'best'
An environmental case reveals how the Supreme Court's work often comes down to parsing seemingly simple, but contextually ambiguous, ...
Obama tells governors he'll help with budgets
President-elect Barack Obama reassured the nation's cash-strapped governors Tuesday that he will include them in plans to steady ...
Court considers Title IX's relation to civil rights law
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took up legal remedies for students who face sexual harassment, mulling whether a long-standing ...
U.S. builds cases on dangerous detainees
The U.S. military has launched a massive legal review to build criminal cases against at least 5,000 detainees considered dangerous ...
Holiday displays dimmed in cash-strapped cities
Economic woes are forcing some communities to unplug holiday light displays and scale back other seasonal celebrations.
Simpson to be sentenced Friday
After two months in a small Las Vegas jail cell, O.J. Simpson learns Friday whether he will be sentenced to spend the rest of ...
Poll: Obama earning high marks
President-elect Barack Obama gets soaring marks for his handling of the transition and his choices for the Cabinet, a USA TODAY/Gallup ...
Deflation: Bargains everywhere, and that could be a problem
Economists say it's too early to tell whether deflation has set in and many say the government's aggressive responses to the ...
GOP's Chambliss wins key Georgia runoff for Senate
Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss won Georgia's contentious, month-long runoff election Tuesday, squashing Democratic hopes of ...
Couple arrested after shackled boy shows up at gym
A couple faces torture, kidnapping and child abuse charges after a bruised 17-year-old boy showed up at a gym with a chain locked ...
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