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House OKs Extending Patriot Act

WASHINGTON – The House voted Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act (search), the nation’s main anti-terrorism tool, just hours after televisions in the Capitol beamed images of a new attack in London. As similar legislation worked its way through the Senate, House Republicans generally cast the law as a …

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Administration Renews Contact With North Korea

WASHINTON – The United States has resumed contact with North Korea (search) but the talks at a security conference in New York have not produced a decision to reopen negotiations on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, the State Department said Friday. The same two American diplomats who met secretly in May …

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Cops: Accused Molester Was Writing Memoir

SAN JOSE, Calif. – A man who authorities say could be the nation’s most prolific child molester was crafting a lengthy memoir about his sexual exploits with boys when he was arrested, police said. Authorities also said they have cracked “99 percent” of the detailed code that Dean Schwartzmiller (search) …

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