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WASHINGTON – House and Senate negotiators are awaiting completion of an $11.5 billion tax package before giving final approval to an sweeping compromise energy bill (search) that Congress hopes to send to President Bush by week’s end. The conferees approved the non-tax measures early Tuesday in a session that lasted …

NEW YORK – Furniture and decorative arts from the estate of Richard Avedon (search), the fashion and art photographer who died last year, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in October. Highlights of the Oct. 14 sale include a Navajo serape estimated at $20,000 to $30,000 and an Egyptian stucco mummy …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Beginning next month, sheriff’s offices across Missouri will be able to post pictures of convicted sex offenders in their communities on the internet. Gov. Matt Blunt (search) on Friday signed into law legislation that expressly allows law enforcement to include the pictures on department web sites. Greene …