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WASHINGTON – Three former associates of Jack Abramoff say the now-convicted lobbyist frequently told them he had strong ties to the White House through presidential confidant Karl Rove. The White House said Monday night that Rove remembers meeting Abramoff at a 1990s political meeting and considered the lobbyist a “casual …

NEW YORK – U.S. mortgage applications fell for a second consecutive week, led by a decline in home purchase loans, as interest rates hit their highest levels since early December, an industry trade group said Wednesday. The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity for …

LONDON – British detectives holding three people over the $87 million security depot heist in Kent said Friday that a car used by the armed robbers had been recovered. The Volvo car is thought to have been used to abduct Colin Dixon, manager of the Securitas depot targeted during the …