President Bush signed into law on Sunday legislation that broadly expanded the government’s authority to eavesdrop on the international telephone calls and e-mail messages of American citizens without warrants.
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Officials were racing to inspect bridges that are similar to the steel-deck truss bridge that collapsed in Minneapolis.
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The Senate approved a measure last night to broaden the White House’s wiretapping authority; the House was expected to take up the measure today.
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Officials moved today to try to contain the disease, which devastated the British livestock industry in 2001.
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In Dalia Sofer’s first novel, a father is separated from his Jewish family in Iran shortly after the revolution.
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California’s secretary of state placed rigorous security conditions on voting equipment used in dozens of counties and limited the use of two of the most widely used machines statewide.
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CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — President Bush said Monday that with the right intelligence U.S. and Pakistan governments can take out al-Qaida leaders, and wouldn’t say whether he would consult first with Pakistan before ordering U.S. forces to act on their own.
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Ingmar Bergman’s ruthlessly honest investigation of his demons is what lends his images their crushing weight.
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Duke Riley was detained after his replica of a submarine from the Revolutionary War neared the Queen Mary 2.
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The Mars Phoenix Lander lifted off today, targeting the planet’s northern polar region to dig for evidence of water or other conditions that could support some form of life.
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