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U.S. Army defends Raytheon contract amid storm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Raytheon Co. mini-missile defense system at the heart of a U.S. Army weapons-buying storm was clearly the best choice under the circumstances, a top general ...
Next U.S. president should engage more on climate: UK
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's foreign secretary said on Thursday the next U.S president should quickly get involved in global negotiations to slow global warming, which she warned ...
New air pollution rules rankle health groups
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government approved new air pollution standards on Thursday, promising "cleaner air to all Americans," but health and environmental groups said the ...
House acts on border security measures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unable to agree on comprehensive immigration legislation sought by President George W. Bush, the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously approved ...
U.S., China at odds over timing not substance: Paulson
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and China differ on how quickly they can resolve their economic disagreements, but not on the general goals, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ...
U.S. wants more Mexican forces in border drug city
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States asked Mexico on Thursday to send federal security forces back to the border city of Nuevo Laredo, which is still struggling with drug ...
US: detainee bill would clarify access to evidence
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deal reached on rules for the questioning and trials of suspected terrorists held by the United States would put some limits on the suspects' access to ...
Bush, Republicans forge terrorism interrogation deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush bowed to pressure from leading senators in his Republican party on Thursday, revising a bill for interrogating terrorism suspects that critics ...
A Day In The Life Of: An animal behavior consultant
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters Life!) - Animal behavior consultant Parvene Farhoody lives in a world of dogs -- and their owners, teaching them how to get along.
Expensive gasoline boosts U.S. public transit use
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Public transportation use was up 3.2 percent in the first half of 2006, more than double the increase in the first half of 2005, according to the American Public ...
Judge says BALCO case reporters should be jailed
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge said on Thursday the two journalists who refused to reveal their source in the BALCO steroids scandal should go to prison, but he did not ...
Locale hit by Katrina oil spill empty a year later
CHALMETTE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Eileen Schwartz stands on the sidewalk in front of her one-story house with new, blue siding, refurbished after the biggest environmental disaster ...
Drugstore chains to withstand Wal-Mart plan: analyst
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s plan to sell some generic drugs for just $4 should not impact leading U.S. drugstores Walgreen Co. and CVS Corp. as much as initially ...
1,100 laptops missing from U.S. Commerce Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 1,100 Commerce Department laptop computers were lost, stolen or missing in the last five years, and some contained personal data from the U.S. Census ...
Anglican conservatives urge U.S. break away
KIGALI (Reuters) - Conservative American Anglicans opposed to the ordination of gay clergy must break away from their liberal colleagues in order to be recognized by traditionalists ...
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