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NEW YORK – Another war — another protest from Jane Fonda (search). Fonda was on CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” (search) Wednesday night and Letterman asked how she feels about the war in Iraq. Fonda got a big hand from Letterman’s audience when she said, “I think the war …

See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Pope John Paul II (search) was laid to rest today in the largest funeral in the history of the papacy. As millions of people bid farewell to the pontiff …

NEW YORK – Abbott Laboratories Inc. (ABT) said on Tuesday its quarterly net earnings rose 1.8 percent as higher sales of prescription drugs helped offset several special charges. The company, which also makes medical devices and diagnostics, earned $837.9 million, or 53 cents a share, in the first quarter, up …

FORT CARSON, Colo. – Previously secret court testimony indicates an Iraqi general imprisoned by U.S. forces was badly bruised and may have been severely beaten two days before he died of suffocation during interrogation. References to the alleged beating appear in a transcript, released under court order, from a military …

NEW YORK – A deliveryman who vanished after taking Chinese food to a Bronx high-rise apartment building was found alive Tuesday after apparently spending more than three days trapped in an elevator that had become stuck between floors. Ming Kuang Chen (search), 35, had been the subject of a widespread …

BELO, W.Va. – A truck carrying barrels of a chemical crashed and burst into flames, killing the driver and sickening nearly 50 emergency workers who were exposed to the fumes. The tractor-trailer crashed at about 11:50 p.m. Thursday on a four-lane highway. The highway remained closed in both directions Friday …

HANOI, Vietnam – Thirty Vietnamese war veterans and a driver were killed in a bus crash Thursday while en route to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, police said. The bus had rounded a curve on the old Ho Chi Minh trail (search) — which …

WASHINGTON – Golfers Jack Nicklaus (search) and Gary Player (search) showed off the President’s Cup that they will be vying for this fall to the president himself Wednesday. President Bush, honorary chairman of the 2005 Presidents Cup (search), posed for photos with the two golfers and the gold cup in …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Seventeen Afghan men released from the U.S. military jail at Guantanamo Bay (search), Cuba have arrived in Afghanistan (search) and are being turned over to local authorities, officials said Tuesday. Abdul Wakil Omari, a spokesman for the Afghan Supreme Court, said the men would be formally handed …

As professional athletes like Jason Giambi (search) and Jose Canseco (search) admit using steroids (search), state lawmakers around the country are looking for ways to dissuade high school students from following the examples of their bulging heroes. “You begin to worry about how widespread the problem is at the professional …