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AMARIYAH, Iraq – Digging into Iraqi computers, surveying scenes with detectives’ eyes, U.N. specialists finally got down to the business of weapons inspection Wednesday at the start of a demanding, months-long job that could make or break peace in the Mideast. The inspectors revisited an Iraqi missile testing site, a …

HINESVILLE, Ga. – A young girl clutching her arm blackened by burns, dogs feeding off bodies in mass graves — the images still haunt Sgt. Kevin Benderman (search) 15 months after he came home from Iraq. Witnessing the brutal reality of war, Benderman stunned his commanders when he sought a …

WASHINGTON – The Senate’s Democratic leader said Sunday that Republicans “would rue the day” if they try to make it harder for Democrats to stall judicial nominees who could not get a vote last year. But Majority Leader Bill Frist (search), R-Tenn., said he hoped a new “optimistic” climate would …

LUBBOCK, Texas – The lone undercover agent in a sting that sent dozens of black people to prison on bogus drug charges in Tulia was convicted Friday of one of two perjury counts, and may serve his sentence on probation. Tom Coleman (search) was acquitted of testifying falsely in a …

HARTFORD, Conn. – The state postponed plans Monday to execute a serial killer after he agreed to have his mental competency examined, delaying for at least a month what would be New England’s first execution in 45 years. The execution was first scheduled for Wednesday and was postponed three times …

PARK CITY, Utah – Rescue workers spent all day Saturday digging through a massive snow pile but found no traces of five people feared dead in a 300-yard-wide, 500-yard-long avalanche (search) that cascaded down a Utah mountainside a day earlier. Exactly how many skiers were buried in the Friday afternoon …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA observed a moment of silence across the country and in orbit Thursday in memory of the 17 astronauts killed in America’s three spacecraft tragedies. “NASA remembers our heroes,” the space agency said on its Internet site against a black backdrop, flashing photos of the Apollo …

WASHINGTON – Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (search) will not preside on Monday when the Supreme Court returns from the holidays, a court spokeswoman said Friday. Rehnquist, who has thyroid cancer (search), missed about 25 cases that were argued in November and December while receiving chemotherapy and radiation. The 80-year-old …

Everyone who’s anyone had something to say Sunday about the passing of Johnny Carson, especially those who worked or sat by his side or followed in his footsteps: Ed McMahon: “Johnny Carson was a man I considered like a brother to me.” Whenever he faced a major post-“Tonight” career decision, …