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• Iraq pressured on future of U.S. troops
... the Iraqi government to approve the security deal," Gen. Masoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of staff at the Iranian armed forces, said in a statement. "Undoubtedly, the Iraqi leaders are careful of any mischief in this regard and won't allow Iraqi history ...
• Nuclear renewal spurs demand for engineers
It was the most serious commercial nuclear plant accident in American history. Seven years later, horrific images of people injured in the Ukraine after a reactor in the Chernobyl power plant exploded cast an even darker pall on the industry. Tighter ...
• Insurance giant AIG's role in market crisis probed
You have cost my constituents and the taxpayers of this country $85 billion and run into the ground one of the most respected insurance companies in the history of our country," said Rep. Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat, "You were just gambling billions ...
• Comedians leave voters with great impression
Yet clearly, throughout history, whenever an individual stepped into the presidential arena, he or she could be reasonably sure that somewhere another individual was copying them for comic effect.  Comedian Vaughn Meader made an entire career in the ...
• McCain's last chance, or a chance to shine?
The answer to the first question, given his history, has to be yes. McCain is like that trick birthday candle: you keep blowing it out but it keeps springing back to life. I think I know the reason why this is so. There is something about what McCain ...