WASHINGTON – The new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christopher Cox (search), said Monday that to avoid a potential conflict he will not participate in the agency’s investigation of the sale of HCA Inc. stock by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (search). Cox, who was in Congress for …
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President Bush (search) said Thursday that Venezuela “failed demonstrably” to make a concerted effort to block shipments of illicit narcotics to the United States and Europe last year. The designation is certain to strain further U.S. relations with Venezuela’s populist president, Hugo Chavez (search). Venezuela could have been subjected to …
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BERLIN – German supermodel Heidi Klum (search) has given birth to a healthy baby boy, a German tabloid reported Tuesday. The Cologne Express said the 32-year-old gave birth late Monday, citing the model’s father and manager Guenther Klum (search). He was not immediately available to confirm the report. Reuters news …
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JERUSALEM – A senior Israeli defense official on Friday challenged the Palestinian Authority to slam shut the open border between Gaza and Egypt, saying its credibility was on the line over its failure to stop the flow of gunrunners and others across the frontier. Israel and the Palestinian Authority (search) …
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This spring, auto manufacturers are offering their best lease deals in years. Here’s how to find the right one. Spring means more than just digging out the shorts and t-shirts from the back of your closet. In the auto world, it’s also the time of year when the finest deals …
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Companies are warming up to online MBA degrees. So where should you log on? And how can you boost your career? We’ve got answers. FARANAK TOUTOUNCHI WAS halfway through her MBA program at Cal State, Hayward in December 2000 when she decided she had to quit. The 42-year-old single mom …
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No sooner did you purchase your home than you probably started wondering what it would be like to try and sell it someday. Now that you are planning to put it on the market, you’ve probably already moved out emotionally and just want to get started on finding your next …
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RATTENBERG, Austria – The sun has stopped shining in Rattenberg. But with the aid of a few mirrors, the winter darkness that grips this small town could soon be brightened up with pockets of sunshine. That’s because sun is plentiful less than 10 minutes’ walk from the town and from …
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ATLANTA – Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue and three other governors personally thanked their troops serving in the Middle East on Thursday, and they brought Thanksgiving dinner with them. Perdue said in a telephone interview from Kuwait City that morale was terrific among the Georgia troops he visited at Al Udeid …
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See you weeknights in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight “The O’Reilly Factor” is on … CBS News and the memogate scandal. She was the producer who got canned after her “60 Minutes” story on President Bush’s Vietnam war records. But she’s coming out …
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