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BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki appealed to millions of Shiite Muslims Thursday to reconcile their differences and boost the country’s fragile political process in a speech marking a major religious holiday. The Iraqi leader, who is Shiite, painted a somewhat rosy picture of the situation in Iraq, saying …

WASHINGTON – The House has approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies. The money collected over 10 years is intended to provide tax breaks for wind, solar and other alternative energy sources and for energy conservation. The measure passed by the House by a 236-182 vote …

JUNEAU, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband are expecting their fifth child in May, she announced Wednesday. Palin, 44, who just three months ago was modeling for the fashion magazine Vogue, doesn’t look seven months pregnant. “I will be delivering an addition to the first family,” Palin told …