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WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes shot up 12.2 percent in March to a record high as the nation’s housing market continued to soar despite rising mortgage rates. The Commerce Department (search) said Tuesday that new single-family homes were sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.43 million units …
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NEW YORK – To understand how the Tribeca Film Festival (search) has evolved since its creation just three years ago, start by looking at the opening-night film: “The Interpreter,” (search) a thriller set at the United Nations and the first to be shot inside its shrouded halls. Previous years have …
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NEW YORK – Maggie Gyllenhaal (search) has waded into sensitive political waters by raising questions about Sept. 11 (search) and American foreign policy. The 27-year-old actress, who stars in a new film called “The Great New Wonderful” (search) about the 2001 terror attacks on the World Trade Center, said in …
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WASHINGTON – The National Football League’s (search) steroids policy is tough, “but it’s not perfect,” the head of a congressional committee said Wednesday, warning that he plans to introduce a bill governing drug testing (search) across the spectrum of U.S. sports. Rep. Tom Davis (search) opened the House Government Reform …
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VIENNA, Austria – The United States is warning allies that North Korea (search) may be ready to carry out an underground nuclear test as early as June, diplomats said Saturday. The diplomats told The Associated Press that the information apparently had been gathered in part from satellite imagery. They spoke …
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WASHINGTON – A former colleague of John R. Bolton (search) says President Bush’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations “has none of the qualities needed for that job.” Bolton “has all the qualities needed to harm the image and objectives in the U.N. and its affiliated international organizations. …
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A new report adds weight to the idea that recurring breast cancer (search) may be related to which hormones are used in therapy for women after menopause. One trial, called HABITS, was halted in 2003, after women receiving the hormones estrogen and progestogen showed an increased risk of breast cancer …
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WASHINGTON – Even though the country has just half the banks that it did two decades ago, the competition to provide consumers with financial services remains intense, Federal Reserve (search) Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) said Friday. Speaking to a Federal Reserve sponsored conference, Greenspan said that deregulation of the U.S. …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – A homicide bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting outside a heavily guarded court building in Baghdad on Thursday, killing 10 Iraqis and wounding 52, police said. Two U.S. soldiers also died in a roadside bomb attack. Police first said the attack near the court was caused …
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