WASHINGTON – Three senators want the Justice Department to investigate claims that the FBI retaliated against an Arab-American agent by passing him over for top counterterrorism jobs despite his expertise. Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, urged the Justice Department’s inspector general to determine whether …
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WASHINGTON – The racial divide exposed by Hurricane Katrina has united minority lawmakers in Congress who hope to leverage their numbers to aid overlooked communities. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus are creating a new group that will include …
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday that four former and current partners of Big Four accounting firm KPMG agreed to settle charges stemming from a 1997-2000 earnings manipulation scheme at copier maker Xerox Corp. (XRX). Three of the individuals agreed to pay civil penalties and …
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LOS ANGELES – Darren McGavin, the husky, tough-talking actor who starred in the TV series “Mike Hammer,” played a grouchy dad in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” and had other strong roles in such films as “The Man with the Golden Arm” and “The Natural,” died Saturday. He was …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraqi health experts are investigating the death of a boy in southern Iraq to see if he had the bird flu, a top health official said Tuesday. It is the first suspected case of the virus beyond the northern Kurdistan region, where the deadly H5N1 strain killed …
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CHICAGO – When Darin Gater first explained how six detainees escaped from a Cook County jail, authorities said he described being held at bay with a makeshift knife as inmates set fire to a mattress to lure another guard to the scene. Later, he told investigators he aided the escape …
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An unknown sales assistant and model has become the new face of action hero Lara Croft. Karima Adebibe, 20, from east London, was chosen after a worldwide search. She will be the latest in a line of stunners to portray the video game character. Angelina Jolie starred as Lara in …
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WASHINGTON – A European trip former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay took six years ago with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff is the new focus of a money laundering investigation in Texas, court documents filed Wednesday in Austin, Texas, show. Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle wants DeLay’s wife and several …
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ST. LOUIS – An aid to soldiers and students, unspoken gestures can speak volumes and are gaining acceptance from researchers for accurately revealing how people think. “It tells you what people have in their heads. As such, it is a clear window into what they’re thinking,” said Justine Cassell, a …
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More than 100 lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are sponsoring a bill to prohibit online betting, playing poker, and other gaming activities. The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act was first introduced to Congress in 2000, but failed. Co-sponsors Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Rick Boucher (D-Va.) blamed its defeat …
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