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WASHINGTON – The Bush administration wants North Korea’s attention, so like a scolding parent it’s trying to make it tougher for that country’s eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters. The U.S. government’s first-ever effort to use trade sanctions to personally aggravate a foreign president expressly …

WASHINGTON – The price of oil sank by more than $2 a barrel Thursday, settling at its lowest level in a year as traders focused on the bearish aspects of conflicting market trends. OPEC is cutting output, but the U.S. economy is slowing; winter is near, but the country has …

WASHINGTON – More senior Pentagon officials are likely to step down in the coming days in the wake of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld‘s announced departure, Pentagon officials told FOX News on Thursday. Meanwhile, at Kansas State University, Rumsfeld said it was the “highest honor in my life” to serve as …