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WASHINGTON – Rep. Don Sherwood (search), R-Pa., admitted in court papers filed Thursday that he had an affair with a Maryland woman for five years, but he denied abusing her, as she claimed in a $5.5 million civil suit. The court papers were filed by Sherwood in response to the …

WASHINGTON – The United States will keep its terror alert on high for mass transit as British officials try to determine the culprits and methods used in the London bus and rail bombings, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff (search) said Sunday. Chertoff said the code orange alert for mass transit …

SAN FRANCISCO – A new video-enabled iPod (search) is expected to be unveiled by Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL) during a press conference next week — though the maverick company is masterful at foiling such predictions. Apple e-mailed invitations that included the words “One more thing…” printed over a background photo …

WASHINGTON – The government is warning doctors to stop using Enteryx (search), an injection used to treat acid reflux disease (search), saying it has been connected to serious health problems and, in at least one case, a death. Many of the problems with Enteryx have occurred when it is injected …

NEW YORK – Ten bone fragments discovered more than four years after the World Trade Center (search) attacks on the rooftop of a nearby skyscraper are human, officials said Friday. The pieces were found last month by construction workers sifting through gravel on top of the former Deutsche Bank (search) …

PARIS – Gerard Depardieu (search) told a newspaper that he’s ending his film career — and swears he wasn’t drunk when he said it. “I’m in the process of stopping filming,” the Academy Award-nominated actor was quoted as saying in weekly Le Parisien Dimanche. “I’m a guy who’s leaving! A …

CHICAGO – A man who’s been bungee jumping even though he doesn’t like heights, federal prosecutor Patrick J. Fitzgerald (search) will go a long way to challenge himself. The attorney behind the CIA leak investigation has taken on Democrats at Chicago City Hall as well as Republicans at the White …

WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom DeLay (search), under indictment on campaign finance violations, railed against Democrats in a letter Thursday, accusing them of engaging in “the politics of personal destruction.” The letter, sent to constituents and contributors, connected his case with investigations into possible misconduct by White House adviser Karl Rove …

WASHINGTON – The Senate is ready to give President Bush (search) $50 billion more for wars, even as public support for the Iraq fighting slips, the number of U.S. casualties climbs and Congress grows frustrated by the conflict’s direction. The money, part of a $445 billion military spending bill for …

CANCUN, Mexico – Tourists packed Cancun’s airport and shuttled from luxury hotels to spartan emergency shelters Thursday, desperately trying to escape Hurricane Wilma as its outer bands battered the resort’s white-sand beaches. Cuba evacuated more than 200,000 people. Wilma, a Category 4 (search) storm with winds of 150 mph, churned …