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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to support the nuclear cooperation accord between the United States and India, a major step toward approval of the unprecedented deal. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee vote was a victory for President Bush. It comes two days after the House …

HARLAN, Ky. – A mine technician said Thursday he had no training when he helped build a wall to seal poisonous gas in an abandoned shaft at a southeastern Kentucky mine three months before five workers were killed in an explosion. Unlike conventional seals made of concrete, the walls built …

DES MOINES, Iowa – A judge has ruled that a Bible-based prison program violates the First Amendment’s freedom of religion clause by using state funds to promote Christianity to inmates. Prison Fellowship Ministries, which was sued in 2003 by an advocacy group, was ordered Friday to cease its program at …