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Determined not to repeat the mistakes of Katrina, Texas prepared for Hurricane Rita on Tuesday by ordering the state's first mandatory evacuation, declaring the state a ...7.2

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a potential presidential candidate in 2008, sold all his stock in his family's hospital corporation about two weeks before it issued a ...6.6

Japan intends to extend its mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan for another year, the government's spokesman said Wednesday.6.4

The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has risen to 1,907.U.S. officials reported 12 more Americans have been killed -- eight of them members of the armed forces.The military ...6

By Steven Komarow and Cesar G. Soriano, USA TODAY BAGHDAD -- A British commander, defending the actions of his troops during violence in Basra, said Tuesday that he ordered ...6.1

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he would vote against the confirmation of John Roberts as chief justice of the United States, an announcement that ...6.2

The Federal Emergency Management Agency ordered tens of thousands of mobile homes and travel trailers on Tuesday to accommodate Katrina evacuees, approving manufacturer bids ...5.9

New drivers have enough things to worry about without adding cell phones and other wireless devices to the mix, federal safety regulators say.6.4

An Amber Alert was issued for a 3-month-old boy who was last seen in Millersville Tuesday morning, police said.Jacob Huff was last scene with his father, 24-year-old Virgil ...6.1

An organization of more than 8,000 authors accused Google Inc. Tuesday of "massive copyright infringement," saying the powerful Internet search engine cannot put its books ...6.3

A federal judge has ordered officials to study whether 66 common agricultural pesticides are harming a red-legged frog believed to have inspired a short story by Mark Twain.6

Congressional Democrats, environmental groups, Alaskan natives and clergy rallied outside the U.S. Capitol against oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.They ...6.1

From CongressDaily Rep. Ray LaHood, R-Ill., on Tuesday introduced legislation that would shoot down the independent base closure commission's recommendations to shutter 22 ...6.2

A Democratic senator threatened Tuesday to block approval of a Homeland Security Department nominee until he receives a secret FBI memo about terror suspect interrogations ...6.1

The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would cut about 500 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce costs.6.3

Gary, Ind. An Ohio man suspected in the fatal shootings of two northern Indiana convenience store clerks may have abandoned his van in Gary.6

North Carolina water watchers who met Tuesday to begin sorting out how to handle the persisting lack of rainfall in the state's eastern half agreed that forced conservation ...6.1

The judge in the John A. "Junior" Gotti racketeering case declared a mistrial on the most serious charges Tuesday and said she would likely grant bail to the jailed scion of ...6.5

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines said Tuesday it will resume flights to New Orleans on Wednesday with a scaled-back schedule of three daily round trips between Louis ...6.2

InternetNews Business Report Boston News DC News NY News SiliconValley News select a newsletter above, type your email and click the arrow to sign up! In a move aimed at ...6.2

Acting Transportation Secretary Bill Nighbert was indicted today on a misdemeanor charge of violating the state Whistleblower Act.6.5

Blackford County commissioners are upset by a letter from the head of the state Department of Agriculture, criticizing the county for rejecting a proposed large-scale cattle ...6.2

Deleese Williams believed her life would finally take a turn for the better when producers of ABC's reality show, "Extreme Makeover," promised plastic surgery that would ...6

The Federal Reserve boosted interest rates to the highest level in four years Tuesday despite the effects of Hurricane Katrina, saying fallout from the storm didn't pose a ...6

More students across Pennsylvania are scoring higher on state math and reading tests, but it's getting harder for their schools to make the grade.6.1

The Coast Guard says two victims of a capsized chartered boat did not have life jackets on when they were found on shore.7

Governor Richardson will call a special legislative session to address gasoline prices and winter heating relief.6.1