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General: Iraq Insurgency Maintaining Size

WASHINGTON – In a sign of the Iraq insurgency’s resilience, an American general said Friday that in his command area in north-central Iraq the level of violence is about where it stood prior to the January elections. Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto (search), commander of coalition forces in four provinces …

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Roberts' Rocky Road to Federal Bench

WASHINGTON – John G. Roberts Jr. (search) was one of President Bush’s noncontroversial picks for the appeals court. Getting there, however, was a long time coming. First nominated for the bench in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush (search), Roberts was never given a hearing nor confirmed by the Democratic-controlled …

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Williams Donates $80,000 to San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco is famous for making the personal political. And so it was when Robin Williams (search) and his wife, Marsha, offered to donate $80,000 to fix a retaining wall and median strip near their home in the city’s Seacliff (search) neighborhood. City supervisor Gerardo Sandoval (search) …

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