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Bush signs new interrogation bill

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Tuesday, Oct. 17,2006 10:25 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed legislation Tuesday authorizing tough interrogation of terror suspects and smoothing the way for trials before military commissions, calling it a "vital tool" in the war against terrorism.

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Saddam letter: Iraq's 'liberation' at hand

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 16,2006 10:18 p.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Saddam Hussein issued an open letter Monday, saying Iraq's "liberation is at hand" and calling for an end to sectarian killings. The brother of the prosecutor in his genocide trial was shot to death at home, the latest death linked to proceedings against the deposed leader.

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China inspects North Korean cargo, while Japan mulls new sanctions sanctions

By Alyson Brodsy · Monday, Oct. 16,2006 10:16 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea appeared to slip further into isolation Monday, as China -- under intense pressure to enforce new U.N. sanctions -- inspected cargo trucks bound for its communist ally and stepped up construction of a border fence. Japan -- once a major trading partner with North Korea -- said it was considering further sanctions, and Australia banned the North's ships from its ports.

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U.S. coal plant boom poses big environmental, economic questions

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 15,2006 10:44 p.m.

DALLAS -- A building boom that would add scores of new coal-fired power plants to the nation's power grid is creating a new dilemma for politicians, environmentalists and utility companies across the United States. Should power companies be permitted to build new plants that pollute more but are reliable and less expensive? Or should regulators push utilities toward cleaner burning coal plants, even if it means they will cost more and are based on newer, yet still unproven, technology?

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2 Republican senators speak out, calling for new strategy in Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy and Nedra Pickler · Sunday, Oct. 15,2006 10:43 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Two leading Republican senators called Sunday for a new strategy in Iraq, saying the situation is getting worse and leaving the United States with few options. Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and John Warner of Virginia are part of the growing list of Republicans speaking out against President Bush's current plan for Iraq as U.S. casualties rise.

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Earthquake strikes Hawaii, knocking out power on islands

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, Oct. 15,2006 10:39 p.m.

HONOLULU - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck Hawaii early Sunday morning, causing a landslide that blocked a major highway on Hawaii Island, the Pacific Tsunami Center said. Power was out across the state, and there were unconfirmed reports of injuries, according to the State Civil Defense. Problems with communication prevented more definite reports.

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Around the World

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Oct. 12,2006 10:06 p.m.

Panel questions Republican on page board, Site of Amish schoolhouse shooting razed, Former President Ford hospitalized, British man pleads guilty in bomb plot, Gunmen storm Iraqi TV station, killing 11

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President calls Foley conduct "disgusting"

By Alyson Brodsy and Associated Press · Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006 11:11 p.m.

President George W. Bush on Wednesday called ex-Rep. Mark Foley's approaches to House male pages "disgusting" and backed Speaker Dennis Hastert's efforts to learn how officials handled the problem. Peggy Sampson, the supervisor of the page program, was questioned for less than two hours before the House ethics committee. The panel is investigating Foley's inappropriate electronic messages to former pages and if House officials covered up Foley's come-ons.

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AT&T purchase of BellSouth gets OK from feds

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006 11:10 p.m.

T&T's $78.5 billion buyout of BellSouth Corp. won Justice Department approval Wednesday, a decision that sets the stage for further reuniting modernized parts of the old Ma Bell phone monopoly broken up by the government in 1984.

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Army plans for current troop levels in Iraq through 2010

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006 11:08 p.m.

The U.S. Army has plans to keep the current level of soldiers in Iraq through 2010, the top Army officer said Wednesday, a later date than Bush administration or Pentagon officials have mentioned thus far. The Army chief of staff, Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker, cautioned against reading too much into the planning, saying troop levels could be adjusted to actual conditions in Iraq. He said it is easier to hold back forces scheduled to go there than to prepare and deploy units at the last minute.

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Small plane crashes into New York highrise

By Alyson Brodsy and Colleen Long · Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006 11:06 p.m.

A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing at least four people and raining flaming debris on sidewalks, authorities said. There was no immediate confirmation that Lidle was among the dead.

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Attorneys say sniper Malvo is seeking a deal

By Alyson Brodsy and Stephen Manning · Wednesday, Oct. 11,2006 12:22 a.m.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Convicted Washington-area sniper Lee Boyd Malvo is seeking a broad plea agreement in which he would plead guilty to other 2002 shootings that authorities have linked him to, defense attorneys and Maryland prosecutors said Tuesday.

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