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SRIFA, Lebanon – Jamal Farhat fled his town in southern Lebanon after an Israeli airstrike destroyed more than a dozen homes there, killing some 30 people. Although his home was destroyed, along with his mother’s and his sister’s, Farhat drove back twice a week to bring food to Hezbollah fighters. …

WASHINGTON – President Bush heaped praise Friday on the president of Kazakhstan, a Central Asian country important to the United States as an oil supplier and war-on-terror ally but which has a political system that stifles dissent. U.S. concerns over President Nursultan Nazarbayev‘s heavy-handed rule did not come up when …

WASHINGTON – The price U.S. drivers pay for gasoline is expected to drop another 25 cents in the short term to a national average of $2.25 a gallon, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Click here to visit FOXBusiness.com’s Energy Center. “Reductions already seen in spot and futures …

RENO, Nev. – A survey showing higher-than-expected numbers of a unique Nevada butterfly has revived a debate over whether it needs protection under the federal Endangered Species Act. Some experts now conclude the listing of the Sand Mountain blue butterfly may not be necessary. But conservationists say the listing is …

WASHINGTON – It’s safe to eat spinach grown outside California’s Salinas Valley, federal health officials say, and the leafy greens could return to produce shelves in a few days. An ongoing outbreak of E. coli linked to fresh spinach had sickened 166 people in 25 states through Friday. That’s up …

This is a hard election to analyze because of the myriad cross-currents running through the political landscape. The Republicans are faced with the historical difficulties of a 2nd administration off-year midterm, Iraq, small government-libertarians upset with spending, unrest over the inaction on illegal immigration and just a general feeling of …

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Islanders crowded stores Friday to buy generators, bottled water and other emergency supplies as Tropical Storm Florence chugged through the open Atlantic on a path toward Bermuda. Florence is expected to reach hurricane strength by the time it reaches the tiny British territory on Monday, according to …

ROCKVILLE, Maryland – Government health advisers debated Thursday what should be done with data and other material generated by a 24-year federal study of the health effects of exposure to Agent Orange. The study involving veterans who served in the Air Force during the Vietnam War is set to end …

LOS ANGELES – Federal regulators dismissed a complaint Thursday that accused “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” of playing favorites when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared as a guest on the show this month. The Federal Communications Commission complaint, filed on behalf of Democratic gubernatorial challenger Phil Angelides, argued that the …

CHICAGO – The city is investigating a security glitch in its elections Web site that hackers could have used to swipe Social Security numbers and the personal information of about 1.3 million voters, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone actually stole or misused any of the information, Chicago …