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WASHINGTON – A Democratic senator threatened to filibuster an agreement to extend the USA Patriot Act after congressional negotiators announced Thursday that they had reached a deal on the controversial measure. “I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not …

A storm spread a blanket of snow up to a foot thick across much of the Northeast on Friday, snarling commutes, closing schools and piling up the flakes so fast that shovel crews could barely keep up. At least three fatal crashes were blamed on the storm, including a New …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s president on Thursday approved extending the country’s military mission in Iraq for another year, the prime minister said. “The issue is closed and taken care of,” Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz told all-news station TVN24 during a skiing trip at the Polish mountain resort of Zakopane. Marcinkiewicz’s …