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WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy should perform well this year and in 2007 despite the restraint caused by higher energy prices, the Federal Reserve said in its 2005 annual report issued on Monday. “So long as energy price increases slow, as is suggested by futures prices, this restraint should diminish …

TOPEKA, Kan. – In what one advocate describes as a national “prairie fire,” Kansas has become the latest state with a policy of stressing abstinence in public schools’ sex education courses. A policy adopted Wednesday by the State Board of Education says human sexuality classes should promote abstinence “until marriage,” …

NEW YORK – The final leg in the Triple Crown can hardly be called the “Test of the Champion” this year, though a new 3-year-old star may emerge after Saturday’s $1 million Belmont Stakes. “It’s the test of the leftovers,” trainer Bob Baffert joked Friday morning. “I mean champions.” With …