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NEW YORK – Former President Clinton (search) has been able to walk around the hallway outside his hospital room as he recovers from surgery to remove scar tissue and fluid that developed after his heart bypass surgery six months ago, his spokesman said Monday. Clinton, an avid sports fan who …

NEW YORK – Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan (search) on Thursday gave his support to an overhaul of the U.S. tax code and said some form of a consumption tax — such as a national sales tax — could help the economy, but he cautioned that the government would face …

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Peter Jackson (search) was one of those monkeying around during a party for the film crew remaking the classic movie “King Kong.” (search) The remake of the 1933 classic by New Zealander Jackson, who directed the fantasy trilogy “Lord of the Rings,” was likely to go …

WASHINGTON – Another year, another budget, another debate over pay parity. For the fifth time in as many years, President Bush (search) has budgeted a bigger raise for military employees than federal civilian workers in his fiscal 2006 budget. And in what has become a Capitol Hill (search) tradition, lawmakers …

There is no greater loss than the loss of a child. It is like losing your future, says Wayne Loder, whose only two children died in a car accident 14 years ago last Sunday. “Your children are your legacy. They are your contribution to the future,” Loder tells WebMD. “If …

HOMOSASSA, Fla. – Archie and Ruth Lunsford, grandparents of Florida girl Jessica Lunsford, react at an evening press conference after authorities announced they have found the girl’s body and a man has confessed to her kidnapping and murder. Ruth Lunsford: We feel that we have a great community. We ask …

ATLANTA – Ringed by 19 officers in a cinderblock jail room, his hands and ankles shackled, the man accused in the crime spree that left an Atlanta judge and three others dead went before a judge Tuesday for the first time since the rampage. Brian Nichols (search), 33, was informed …

JERUSALEM – Israeli troops on Thursday raided a West Bank (search) home and killed an armed Palestinian militant (search) who was planning attacks on Israelis, the army said, a development that could further destabilize a fragile truce. Relations between Israelis and Palestinians are already tense because of an impasse over …

WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Paul Sarbanes (search) of Maryland on Friday announced that he plans to retire from his near 30-year Senate career at the end of his term. The liberal lawmaker will be the longest serving senator in his state’s history when he retires next year instead of seeking …

ATLANTA – The city’s embattled police department acknowledged Friday that it made mistakes just after last week’s deadly courthouse rampage, and the chief revealed that the suspect spent as many as 12 hours undetected outside a busy mall. Police Chief Richard Pennington (search) said he will oversee a top-to-bottom review …