WASHINGTON (CNN) — The White House is trying a new tactic in its battle with Senate Republicans over proposed interrogation rules for suspected terrorists.
John Ullyot, a spokesman for Senate Armed Services Chairman John Warner, said Monday that draft legislation was headed to …
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (CNN) — Protesters stormed the headquarters of Hungary’s state television network and set fires in and around the building early Tuesday after the country’s prime minister admitted lying about the economy “throughout the past one and a half or two years.”
UNION, Missouri (CNN) — Investigators searching for a newborn girl who was reportedly snatched by a knife-wielding woman asked the public Monday to watch their neighbors for new infants.
Missouri police released a composite sketch of an unidentified female suspect Monday, along …
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TOKYO–Toshiba said Tuesday it would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries made by Sony, the latest in a string of Sony battery woes.
The batteries, used in Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops manufactured between March and …
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MIAMI, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene continued to gain strength as a major Category 3 storm Monday, posing a potential threat to Bermuda later in the week, while a hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon intensified to Category 2.
It was too soon to tell …
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Microsoft is set to launch on Tuesday a beta version of a new service that lets people upload videos of their cats dancing, babies laughing and teenagers playing air guitar.
Microsoft’s new Soapbox on MSN Video site takes on the popular site YouTube, which has become an online sensation …
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WASHINGTON–The U.S. Department of Justice has stepped up its defense of a proposal to imprison Web site operators who don’t label pages containing sexually explicit material.
The idea, outlined in an April speech by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is approaching a vote in Congress. …
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Cognos is preparing to unplug its business analysis software from the desktop PC and make it mobile, with plans for its first launch on BlackBerry devices in early 2007.
The latest push in its plan to bring business intelligence software to the masses, Cognos 8 Go! Mobile is meant to …
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Celebrities and ordinary Texans gathered Monday for a final farewell to former Gov. Ann Richards, likening her to a rock star and a force of nature who “gave it her all every single minute of every single day.”
Richards, a Democrat who led the state from …
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Just in time for the November elections, Google has made a strategic move already familiar to fellow technology heavyweights seeking to wield influence inside the Beltway.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based search giant confirmed Monday that it filed the federal paperwork necessary to set …
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