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WASHINGTON – A new Social Security war room inside the Treasury Department (search) is pumping out information to sell President Bush plan, much like any political campaign might do. It’s part of a coordinated effort by the Bush administration. The internal, taxpayer-funded campaigning is backed up by television advertisements, grass-roots …

HIGUEY, Dominican Republic – Rival gangs battling over the drug trade in an overcrowded, vermin-infested prison set their bedding ablaze and blocked the entrance to their cellblock, killing at least 134 inmates in one of Latin America’s worst jailhouse blazes. Some died in a stampede to escape the flames after …

MINNEAPOLIS – A late-winter storm dropped almost 2 feet of snow across portions of Minnesota on Friday, forcing dozens of schools to close and canceling more than 250 flights out of the Twin Cit (search)ies. Jim Kline of the National Weather Service (search) said the heaviest snowfall was in the …