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WASHINGTON – Rep. Cynthia McKinney accused a Capitol Police officer of “inappropriate touching” on Friday as rumors flew around Capitol Hill that the Georgia Democrat would be arrested for her role in a bizarre physical altercation. “This whole incident was instigated by the inappropriate touching and stopping of me, a …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Several key Taliban leaders and about 50 fighters have been killed in a NATO-led operation to clear militants from Afghanistan’s violence-plagued south, officials said Wednesday. Afghan forces are participating in the offensive in Kandahar’s Panjwayi and Zhari districts, where NATO’s biggest ground battle in its history — …

SEATTLE – The death toll from the Northwest’s worst windstorm in more than a decade climbed to 10 Monday, while nearly a quarter million homes and businesses remained without power in hard-hit western Washington. At least 100 people have developed symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning blamed on the use of …