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FREEPORT, Bahamas – Hurricane Jeanne (search)lashed the northernBahamas (search)with fierce winds and torrential rains Saturday, shredding roofs and flooding neighborhoods in the country’s second largest city before plowing into Florida. Jeanne’s eye made a direct hit onAbaco island (search). The Category 3 storm then whirled along the north coast of …

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Democratic strength in recent presidential elections has left California Republicans nostalgic for the last actor-turned-governor —Ronald Reagan (search)— and looking toward their new one to improve GOP prospects. Republicans say privately President Bush has little if any chance of capturing the state’s prize of 55 electoral votes. …

WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States condemned as “criminal and inhuman” the decapitation in Iraq of AmericanNicholas Berg (search). Speaking in Arabic on Wednesday to the Saudi media in Jiddah, the Saudi summer capital, Prince Bandar said the al-Zarqawi group, which took responsibility for the execution, was …