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KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese security officers roughed up members of Condoleezza Rice’s (search) entourage Thursday and spoiled the African nation’s hopes of showing off a new peace deal and improving a bruised reputation with the United States. The secretary of state gave Sudan’s foreign minister a 90-minute deadline to make …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two homicide car bombers killed at least seven Iraqi customs officials Sunday along the Syrian border, the U.S. military said, forcing the temporary closure of the checkpoint. The explosions occurred around 2:20 p.m. at the Walid (search) border crossing point, said Marine Capt. Jeffrey Pool, a spokesman …

WASHINGTON – Under orders to cut agriculture spending by $3 billion, Republicans in Congress have proposed reducing food programs for the poor by $574 million and conservation programs by $1 billion, The Associated Press has learned. The proposal by the chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, Sen. …

NEW YORK – Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Johnson & Johnson, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc. and IBM Corp. 3M Co. (MMM) is expected to report third-quarter earnings of $1.08 a share, according to analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Intel …

I have gotten thousands, literally thousands, of e-mails from angry Dutch people. These are the folks from Holland, aka the Netherlands. A few weeks ago, I wrote what I thought would be a completely inane but amusing ditty of a My Word about the fact that a Dutchman got to …

NEW YORK – First came words, then came photos. Now, many Web journals are incorporating moving images — and one blogging service aims to make producing and displaying such video easier. Unlike most of its popular rivals, the TypePad service from Six Apart Ltd. costs money. But with your subscription …

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers promised the Gulf Coast some tax breaks to entice businesses back after Hurricane Katrina (search), but the incentives have stalled as senators press for more. The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee wants to include an expansion of tax credits and refunds for parents and the …

NEW YORK – Weather forecasters are the Rodney Dangerfields of news — they rarely get the respect they deserve. “The Weather Man” (search), which opens this weekend, stars Nicolas Cage (search) as a Chicago forecaster, looking for his big career break. But he must decide between personal stability and professional …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration is spending about $7 billion a month to wage the war on terror, and costs could total $570 billion by the end of 2010, assuming troops are gradually brought home, a congressional report estimates. The paper by the Congressional Research Service (search) underscores how the …

MARTINEZ, Calif. – A 16-year-old male suspect was arrested in the slaying of famed criminal defense attorney Daniel Horowitz’s (search) wife, and a newspaper reported Thursday that he clubbed her to death with a piece of crown molding while looking for marijuana-growing equipment. Police would not identify the teenager and …