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WASHINGTON – The new man at the top of Lycos Inc. (search) is determined to teach the old dog some new tricks. Alfred Tolle says that while the 10-year-old Web company is the 16th most trafficked site, he fears it’s lost in the marketplace. The former Bertelsmann AG (search) executive …

LINCOLN, Neb. – Former Navy pilot Shane Osborn (search), who became a national hero in 2001 when he guided a damaged surveillance plane to a safe landing on a Chinese island, said Wednesday he will seek the Republican nomination for Nebraska state treasurer. Osborn had been considering a run for …

NEW YORK – Tara Reid (search) wants to prove she’s a great actress instead of a party girl. The actress says the media has unfairly represented her and that she just needs a good movie to break the stereotype. “I think there must be a journalist school where students are …

WASHINGTON – House Republicans are looking at delaying some federal spending, including money for a prescription drug benefit under Medicare and thousands of highway projects, to offset the cost of rebuilding the Gulf Coast, a leading GOP fiscal conservative said Sunday. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., said there is a need …

CINCINNATI – Federated Department Stores Inc. (FD) said on Tuesday it is planning to cut up to 6,200 employees beginning in 2006, including 1,700 in St. Louis at the corporate offices of May Department Stores Co. (MAY ) Federated also said it will change all 62 of its newly acquired …

NEW YORK – Viacom and cable giant Comcast plan to unveil a wide-ranging joint venture that will create several new cable networks, The Post has learned. The venture, which will be jointly owned by Comcast (CMCSA) and Viacom’s (VIA.B) MTV Networks (search), will include several lifestyle channels — on topics …

The following is a transcribed excerpt of “FOX News Sunday,” Sept. 4, 2005. CHRIS WALLACE, FOX NEWS: We’re joined now from Louisiana by Michael Chertoff, the secretary of homeland security and President Bush’s point man on the crisis along the gulf coast. Mr. Secretary, welcome. Thanks for joining us. What …

JERUSALEM – A massive stroke caused by an infection killed longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (search) last year, though it remains unclear what led to the rapid deterioration in his health, according to French medical records kept secret since his death in November. The records from the military hospital outside …

TORONTO – A proposal in one Canadian province to allow Muslim residents to use Islamic law for settling family disputes is drawing protests. Organizers say the peaceful protests in Canada (search) and at some of its diplomatic sites in Europe (search) reflect growing concern over Ontario’s (search) stance on Sharia …

LAKE CHARLES, La. – President Bush flew over the largely obliterated Louisiana town of Cameron and circled an offshore oil rig in his first up-close look at the devastation that Hurricane Rita (search) brought to the Gulf Coast’s oil producing and refining communities. “This area’s hurting,” Bush said before an …