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NEW YORK – The newly overhauled version of the Standardized Achievement Test (search) debuting on Saturday has seriously ratcheted up the level of anxiety for teens and parents already stressed about the mysterious process of college admissions, according to testing experts. “It’s like walking into a sport without any equipment,” …

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain (search) pressed a cable company’s case for pricing changes with regulators at the same time a tax-exempt group that he has worked with since its founding solicited $200,000 in contributions from the company. Help from McCain, who argues for ridding politics of big money, included …

NEW YORK – The fiancee of a Montana man charged with plotting to kidnap David Letterman’s son said her husband-to-be is being falsely accused by a childhood friend he had a falling out with. Kelly A. Frank (search) was arrested Monday after the estranged friend told authorities that Frank had …