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Ralph Story, Host of 'The $64,000 Challenge,' Dies at 86

LOS ANGELES – Ralph Story, a television and radio broadcaster for three decades and host of the hugely popular quiz show “The $64,000 Challenge” in the 1950s, has died. He was 86. Story died Tuesday at his home in Santa Ynez, north of Santa Barbara, after a long battle with …

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Cheney Defends His Decisions, Role in Bush Administration

WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended his lightning-rod role as a leading advocate for invading Iraq, for a warrantless surveillance program and for harsh treatment of suspected terrorists. “Part of my job is to think about the unthinkable, to focus what in fact the terrorists may have …

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Jury Orders Reprimand for Navy Chaplain Who Wore Uniform at Protest

NORFOLK, Virginia – A jury recommended Thursday that a Navy chaplain receive a letter of reprimand for disobeying an order by appearing in uniform at a political news conference at the White House. The jury also recommended that Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt forfeit $250 pay per month for a year but …

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