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Jul 2 2008
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday he is weighing whether to send more troops to Afghanistan. Bush said it has been a “tough month” in Afghanistan, where more U.S. and NATO troops died during the past two months than in Iraq.
Jul 2 2008
SEATTLE - For a decade it appeared there was no such thing as too many Starbucks for U.S. coffee drinkers, whose willingness to buy its $4 lattes and dark drip brews rationalized a second green-and-white mermaid awning just down the street — and...
Jul 2 2008
More than 900 cases alleging that government contractors and drugmakers have defrauded taxpayers out of billions of dollars are languishing in a backlog that has built up over the past decade because the Justice Department cannot keep pace with the...
Jul 2 2008
Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress, according to a report by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Jul 2 2008
Only two scripted series were among the 10 most watched in the country last week — one starred Charlie Sheen, the other David Caruso. We’re not sure what it means, but we’re fairly certain it can’t be good. The rest of the best...
Jul 2 2008
“Hancock” sounds like a signature big Will Smith summer movie, something written large for popular tastes, in the same category as the star’s many previous hits. He plays a superhero assisted in the miraculous by cutting-edge special...
Jul 2 2008
NEW YORK — Last week, Raffaello Follieri was living la dolce vita in a $37,500-a-month rental apartment on Fifth Avenue with his girlfriend, the actress and professional ingenue Anne Hathaway. Today, he lives in a 7 1/2 -by-8-foot room with a...
Jul 2 2008
JACKSON, Miss. — A rape charge against Rikki Rockett has been dropped after authorities determined that the Poison drummer was not in the state at the time of the alleged crime
Jul 2 2008
If nothing else, Samsung’s Instinct shows just how disruptive an influence the iPhone has become in cell phone design. From its spare black packaging (everyone is copying Apple in this regard) to its slim, glass-encased industrial design and...
Jul 2 2008
With $4-a-gallon gas coming between drivers and their very large vehicles, consumers are dropping their once-beloved rides, fast. But not fast enough, it seems. As the price of gas has gone up, the value of sport-utility vehicles has gone down