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Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:19 p.m.

A senior al-Qaida suspect was killed in a U.S. airstrike, a Somali official said Wednesday, a report that if confirmed would mean the end of an eight-year hunt for a top target of Washington's war on terrorism. The suspect is wanted for bombing American embassies in East Africa. In Washington, an intelligence official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the U.S. killed five to 10 people in an attack on an al-Qaida target in southern Somalia but did not say who was killed.

Odor accusation upsets N.J.

By Wayne Parry · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:17 p.m.

KEARNY, N.J. -- Like the ex-con who becomes the usual suspect when things go wrong, New Jersey is an easy target for blame when things smell bad.

Bush dispatching more than 20,000 troops to Iraq to quell escalating violence

By Jennifer Loven · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 11:08 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Unswayed by anti-war passions, President Bush said Wednesday he will send 21,500 additional U.S. forces to Iraq to break the cycle of violence and "hasten the day our troops begin coming home." He acknowledged making mistakes in earlier security efforts in Baghdad.

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Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 4:35 p.m.

The United States killed five to 10 people in this week's attack on a target in southern Somalia believed to be associated with the al-Qaida terrorist network, a U.S. intelligence official said.

Investors wary of Venezeula's oil plans

By Natalie Obiko Pearson · Wednesday, Jan. 10,2007 12:56 a.m.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Investors spooked by President Hugo Chavez's nationalization plans rushed to sell off Venezuelan stocks Tuesday, while U.S. officials and financial analysts warned that increasing government control in the power, telecom and oil sectors is a mistake.

U.S., Iraqi forces kill 50 militants in central Baghdad

By Lauren Frayer · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:20 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. and Iraqi soldiers, backed by American warplanes, battled suspected insurgents for hours Tuesday on a central Baghdad street that has been an insurgent hot spot for years.

Bush's plan for more troops to Iraq faces Democratic challenge

By Anne Flaherty · Tuesday, Jan. 9,2007 10:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is telling lawmakers he will send thousands more U.S. troops to Iraq's two most troubled regions, in a plan that Democrats are resisting as a major escalation of the 3 1/2-year-old war.

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Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:24 p.m.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to extend health coverage to nearly all of California's 6.5 million uninsured people

Job growth under Bush slower than under Clinton and Reagan

By Jeannine Aversa · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 11:18 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- The economy has cranked out fewer jobs under President Bush -- by millions -- than it had by the same point in the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Democrats say it's evidence that Bush's economic policies aren't working.

20 people injured in Washington subway train derailment

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sarah Karush · Monday, Jan. 8,2007 12:39 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- A subway train derailed Sunday near downtown Washington, sending 20 people to the hospital and prompting the rescue of 60 people from a tunnel, officials said.

Avalanche buries cars going to busy Colorado ski area

By Robert Weller · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 10:47 p.m.

A huge avalanche knocked two cars off a mountain pass Saturday on the main highway to one of the state's largest ski areas, shortly after crowds headed through on the way to the lifts, authorities said.

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Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 9:09 p.m.

An Iraq policy more independent of Washington than the current British government, led by Tony Blair, will be pursued by Britain's expected incoming prime minister, Treasury chief Gordon Brown suggested.

Pelosi hints at denying funds to deploy more troops to Iraq

By Hope Yen · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 8:57 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said newly empowered Democrats will not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, hinting they could deny funding if he seeks additional troops.

Survey shows glimpse into social networking habits

By Martha Irvine · Sunday, Jan. 7,2007 8:56 p.m.

A survey of 12- to 17-year-olds provides some of the first independent numbers on social networking for that age group -- and found that older girls, in particular, are the most likely to have used social-networking sites, such as MySpace or Facebook.

Warm winter makes for strange sights

By Tara Burghart · Friday, Jan. 5,2007 12:07 a.m.

CHICAGO -- Ice-fishing tournaments in Minnesota are being canceled for lack of ice. Indiana landscaping crews are busy planting shrubs and trees. And golfers are hitting the links in Chicago in January. Much of the Midwest and the East Coast are going through a remarkably warm winter, with temperatures running 10 and 20 degrees higher than normal in many places.

Saddam's death leads to investigation

Thursday, Jan. 4,2007 10:39 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi authorities reported the arrests of two guards and an official in the investigation into who taunted Saddam Hussein as he stood on the gallows and took cell-phone pictures showing his body dangling at the end of a rope.

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Thursday, Jan. 4,2007 8:32 p.m.

The 110th Congress convened Thursday with Democrats in control of both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994.

President Gerald Ford laid to rest in hometown

By James Prichard · Thursday, Jan. 4,2007 8:30 p.m.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Gerald R. Ford's sunset burial service capped the official mourning for the 38th president, whose casket traveled more than 2,700 miles from the California desert to the nation's capital before reaching its final stop on a hill overlooking a river in his hometown.

Bangladeshi streets patrolled amid political stalemate

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Dec. 10,2006 11:29 p.m.

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Soldiers patrolled Bangladesh's towns and cities Sunday to end weeks of often violent opposition protests, a deployment that prompted unease over the country's democratic future.

Rumsfeld bids farewell to troops in Iraq, urges them not to quit the war

By Alyson Brodsy and Sinan Salaheddin · Sunday, Dec. 10,2006 11:28 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld paid a surprise visit to Iraq over the weekend and said American forces should not quit the war until the enemy is defeated.

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