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WASHINGTON – People who aim laser pointers at planes could face fines of up to $250,000 and five years in prison under a bill passed Thursday by the House. Rep. Ric Keller, R-Fla., said a series of reported incidents involving aircraft cockpits and laser beams had heightened safety concerns. He …

NEW YORK – Falling energy prices gave stocks a modest lift Friday as Wall Street set aside worries about interest rates and a weak forecast from Intel Corp (INTC). But the gains weren’t enough to help the major indexes, which ended the week with losses. The Dow Jones industrial average …

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday designated Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take charge of overseeing U.S. assistance to countries recovering from war or civil strife. The move was the latest by the Bush administration, which in the wake of the postwar chaos in Iraq, has increased its emphasis …

NEW ORLEANS – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton toured areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina and expressed concern Sunday that efforts to repair the city’s levees might not be enough to protect New Orleans’ residents from future hurricanes. “There is a need to go back and find out what went wrong,” Clinton …

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A magazine writer agreed Monday to be returned to New York City to face charges of breaking into a woman’s apartment while disguised as a firefighter and sexually abusing her for hours. Peter Braunstein, 41, appeared without a lawyer at a brief court hearing and agreed not …

In the hunt for new drugs for Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders, Swiss scientists are turning to an unlikely ally: pond scum. They’re not dredging up algae and feeding it to lab mice. At least, not yet. So far, the scientists have just done lab tests on a compound …

WASHINGTON – The United States cannot continue food aid for thousands of hungry North Koreans until Pyongyang allows international relief workers to monitor its distribution, the Bush administration said Thursday. In a rebuke to North Korea for its refusal of World Food Program monitoring, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli called …

FORT HOOD, Texas – When U.S. troops pulled Saddam Hussein (search) from the hole in which he was hiding, the dictator was gaunt, dirty and disheveled, with a bushy beard, matted hair and a glazed-over look. It was not Saddam’s best look, but it is how he will be remembered …

PITTSFIELD, Mass. – KB Toys Inc. (search) said Monday it expects to emerge from bankruptcy protection before the holiday shopping season without having to close additional stores or to cut more jobs under an agreement that would put the chain under control of a New York City investment firm. There …