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Congress moves to speed up executions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. Congress said on Wednesday they were moving ahead with legislation that would speed up executions in the United States by limiting the ...
Senators to delay vote on China currency bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief sponsors of a Senate bill threatening China with a 27.5 percent tariff on its exports to the United States said on Wednesday they would delay a ...
Senate votes to increase law enforcement funds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed and sent to President George W. Bush a $52 billion bill that would increase funding for law enforcement activities for the ...
Senate panel gives nod to Bernanke
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of Ben Bernanke to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, sending it to the full ...
US says unaware of any CIA detainee flights via Spain
MADRID (Reuters) - The United States has told Spain it has "no knowledge" of CIA planes using a Spanish airport as a base to transport Islamic terrorism suspects, the Spanish ...
Senate, House panels pass terror insurance bills
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House and Senate panels on Wednesday approved bills to extend federal guarantees to cover losses from terrorist attacks, pushing forward legislation that ...
Senators spar over vote on Alito
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid urged his Republican counterpart on Wednesday to withdraw a threat to change Senate rules, if needed, to get a ...
Senate approves pension bill with airline aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Legislation aimed at strengthening traditional corporate pensions and shoring up the deficit-ridden pension insurance agency was easily approved by the U.S.
Oil company officials accused of lying to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats asked the U.S. attorney general on Wednesday to investigate whether top executives from big oil companies lied to Congress when they said their firms ...
Regis, Clark square off in New Year's telecast
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - TV personality Regis Philbin, who hosted ABC's annual New Year's Eve special in place of an ailing Dick Clark last year, will ring in 2006 as anchor of a ...
Gruesome cadavers on view at New York exhibit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Halloween is long gone, but New Yorkers will be able from Saturday to pay to view a roomful of human cadavers, filleted limbs and dissected organs as part of a ...
Rising sea levels threaten New Jersey - study
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Rising sea levels caused by global warming could shrink New Jersey by up to 3 percent in the next 100 years, U.S. scientists warned on Wednesday.
New Orleans folk seek normal life in trailer homes
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - In a suburb of New Orleans devastated by Hurricane Katrina, trailer homes have begun to arrive outside ruined houses as residents struggle to rebuild lives ...
Student protests take new twist, says Harvard poll
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's job approval rating is at an all-time low among U.S. college students, but don't expect mass campus protests.
Jury consultant sues Martha Stewart in New York
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury consulting firm hired by Martha Stewart to help her battle federal criminal charges two years ago is suing the homemaking trendsetter, claiming Stewart has ...
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