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WASHINGTON – President Bush is positioning himself to curry favor with conservative constituents who believe hisCuba policy (search), for all of the anti-Castro rhetoric, hasn’t added up to much. No one doubts that Bush has tried to make life more difficult for the Cuban leader. If not for Bush’s veto …

KABUL, Afghanistan – An accidental explosion at a gas station killed at least 25 people in westernAfghanistan (search), the government said Sunday. At least another 40 people were injured in the blast near Shindand, 360 miles west of the capital,Kabul (search), in Herat province, President Hamid Karzai’s office said in …

HUEYTOWN, Ala. – It took a group of second-graders to elicit fromJenna Bush (search)something the first family doesn’t often discuss publicly — specifics on her future career. Seated beside first ladyLaura Bush (search)in a classroom Wednesday, the 22-year-old college graduate laughed when it was their turn to read aloud with …

NEW YORK – Nearly all of today’s Native Americans in North, Central and South America can trace part of their ancestry to six women whose descendants immigrated around 20,000 years ago, a DNA study suggests. Those women left a particular DNA legacy that persists to today in about about 95 …

KALAMAZOO, Mich. – About 40 to 50 young males attacked a 50-year-old man riding a bicycle and beat him unconscious, police said. The motive for the attack Tuesday evening was not known and police were still interviewing witnesses, Lt. Tom Hemingway said. No arrests have been made. Witnesses told investigators …

BAGHDAD – The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George W. Bush did not apologize as his trial began Thursday, and instead struck a defiant tone — telling the judges he wanted to hit back at the humiliation Iraq had suffered at U.S. hands. It was Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s first …

SEATTLE – A former soldier who faked combat service in Iraq to get medical compensation has been sentenced to three years’ probation by a federal judge who called his behavior “deplorable.” Brandon V. Perkins, of Kent, Wash., appeared in U.S. District Court Friday before Judge Richard Jones. The News Tribune …

New Year, New You, right? In theory, yes. But sometimes our goals don’t always translate into action. Because February is a heart healthy month, it’s time to treat your body better. Check out our list of 10 simple ways to show yourself some love. Join a gym You’ve heard it …

NEW YORK – Introducing a variety of solid, textured foods before the age of 10 months may prevent children from developing feeding problems at 7 years old and excluding several food categories, including fruits and vegetables from all categories, study findings suggest. Among children followed from birth, picky eating was …

Rates of sudden infant death from suffocation or strangulation have quadrupled in the past 20 years in the United States, most apparently from parents sleeping with their babies, government researchers reported on Monday. Black male babies are the most affected but it is not clear why, the researchers at the …