ORANJESTAD, Aruba – Holland will send three F-16 warplanes (search) rigged with search equipment to find Natalee Holloway (search), Aruban authorities said Saturday, as U.S. lawmakers increased pressure on the Aruban government to do more to find the Alabama teenager nearly five weeks since she disappeared. The three planes, equipped …
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This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys”, July 2, 2005, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. ET and Sunday at 1 and 6 a.m. EST. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The nation deserves, and …
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NEW YORK – Stocks rose late Friday, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 index and Nasdaq stretching their rally to seven straight days, as investors welcomed strong economic data and focused on the positive aspects of General Electric’s (GE) solid, if uninspiring, earnings report. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) …
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WASHINGTON – A scaled-back Senate Foreign Relations Committee showered praise Friday on Karen Hughes (search) and put the former political adviser to President Bush on a fast track to confirmation as the State Department’s top public relations official. Only two senators attended the hearing. In the absence of votes in …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (search) has invited the Hamas militant group to join his Cabinet to help oversee the smooth handover of the Gaza Strip after Israel withdraws, a Hamas official said Friday. Hamas is considering the offer, a senior Hamas (search) official said, speaking on …
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The PSA prostate cancer screening test saves lives, a new study shows. For men with no symptoms of prostate trouble, PSA screening cuts the risk of deadly metastatic prostate cancer — cancer that spreads through the body — by 35 percent. The finding comes from a study comparing 236 men …
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CINCINNATI – Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved buying the Gillette Co. (G), another step toward forming the world’s largest consumer products company. A.G. Lafley, the company’s chairman, president and chief executive, said 96.5 percent of the shareholder votes favored the $57 billion deal, which would …
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TORONTO – Tales starring Cate Blanchett (search), Christian Bale (search), Nick Nolte (search) and Robin Wright Penn (search) are among the movies looking to grab Hollywood’s attention at North America’s biggest film festival. Nine additional movies were announced Tuesday for the Toronto International Film Festival (search), which runs Sept. 8-17. …
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Middle schools and high schools should consider requiring students to be vaccinated against infectious diseases before attending classes, a CDC official said Wednesday. Public health officials have been alarmed by an astonishing 300 percent rise in cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, among teens in the past three …
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