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WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders were forced to drop a proposal to open oil drilling in an Alaskan wilderness area to pick up needed votes to pass a deficit-reduction package. But while Republicans compromised their drilling measure in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to appease party moderates on Thursday, no …

SAN DIEGO – Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham resigned from Congress Monday after pleading guilty in a San Diego federal court to accepting bribes and violating tax laws in the sale of his home two years ago to a defense contractor. Cunningham entered pleas in U.S. District Court to charges of …

JERUSALEM – Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz hopes to reopen the Gaza Strip’s (search) main gateway to the outside world within two weeks, Israeli security officials said Sunday, a move that would be crucial to reviving Gaza’s impoverished economy. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized …