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NEW YORK – U.S. manufacturing growth slowed in January for a third straight month amid weaker employment, higher costs and fewer new orders, according to a survey published on Wednesday. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity fell to 54.8 in January from an upwardly …

WASHINGTON – Former President Clinton said Sunday the Bush administration’s “enormous penchant for secrecy” sparked the strong reaction to Vice President Dick Cheney’s shooting mishap. “We have people quite often who are shot in quail incidents, so I didn’t feel the need to get into the pile-on,” Clinton said Sunday …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Three teenagers accused in a series of brutal beatings that killed a homeless man and seriously injured two others the same night pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of murder and attempted murder. In one of the attacks, captured on a university surveillance tape, two young …