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WASHINGTON – The Bush administration handed out the first hurricane relief payments to schools and colleges, awarding more than $250 million on Thursday to four Gulf Coast states as part of a $1.6 billion in recovery aid. The lump-sump payments include help for private schools that some critics have assailed …

WASHINGTON – President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair presented a united front Thursday, painting the sectarian violence in Iraq as a battle between freedom and terror in which Iraqis have fallen victim to Al Qaeda’s and Iran’s efforts to cause chaos and control the region. The leaders agreed …

NEW YORK – Police have found a man suspected of fleeing with a gun after police shot and killed a groom hours before his wedding, though the man’s lawyer said Friday that his client wasn’t armed or directly involved. Police said clues gathered during a raid on a Queens home …