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NEW YORK – Kelly Monaco (search) knows there are television viewers who aren’t happy she won ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” (search) competition, but she isn’t going to let it bother her. “I do not hold anything personally. I’m not going to go home and cry because someone did not …

LONDON – As Londoners tentatively returned to their jobs today and the slightly injured were discharged from hospitals across the city, the search for the missing began. In contrast to the millions of frantic telephone calls and text messages that jammed the mobile phone networks yesterday, today’s messages, Web postings …

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Prosecutors said Monday that a convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping two young children would be charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of three people found slain in the children’s home. Joseph Edward Duncan III (search), 42, already faces kidnapping charges in the abduction of …

SHANGHAI – General Motors Corp. (GM), the world’s top auto maker, posted record first-half sales in China and expects 20 percent-plus growth for the year as it closes in on Volkswagen AG in the world’s number-three vehicle market. The U.S. icon — which lost $1.1 billion globally in the first …

WASHINGTON – At a recent Friday luncheon, former Solicitor General Theodore Olson (search) cast his eyes over a hotel ballroom crammed with lawyers and wryly welcomed “all of you Federalists who seem to have mastered the secret handshake.” “For those of you who just stumbled in off the street, it …

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Tuesday accepted a measure that could help ease the shortage of immigrant workers by relaxing the cap on the number of H2B (search) visa workers allowed in the country. Senators voted 94-6 to include the measure, introduced by Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., as an amendment …

DETROIT – Ford Motor Co. (F) on Tuesday reported a 19 percent drop in second-quarter profit as it continued to lose vital U.S. market share, but earnings were substantially higher than analysts expected. The second-largest U.S. automaker, which has warned that its automotive operations may not be profitable this year, …

CAIRO, Egypt – Riot police and government supporters beat dozens of pro-reform activists with clubs, sometimes kicking them as they lay on the ground Saturday during a protest in the Egyptian capital against President Hosni Mubarak (search). Opposition groups were gathering to stage a demonstration in Cairo’s main Liberation Square …

CHICAGO – United Airlines Wednesday said it would expand its service in Asia, adding new flights between Nagoya, Japan, and Taipei, Taiwan. United, a unit of UAL Corp. (search) , said it also would expand service between Chicago and Hong Kong and upgrade to larger aircraft on its Chicago-Beijing summer …

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson (search) sought medical attention after his trial as he tried to recover from a back injury and dehydration, his lead attorney said Friday. “This really took a toll on him,” attorney Thomas Mesereau Jr. (search) said in a telephone interview. “My understanding is he checked …