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BAGHDAD – U.S. military deaths in Iraq plunged by two-thirds in 2008 from the previous year, a reflection of the improving security following the U.S. military’s counterinsurgency campaign and Al Qaeda’s slow retreat from the battlefield. By comparison, the war in Afghanistan saw American military deaths rise by 35 percent …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s top security official warned Sunday that Gaza militants can hit more Israeli cities with longer-range rockets, on a day when rockets exploded in border towns and a coastal city after an Israel-Hamas truce expired. Only one Israeli was lightly wounded in the barrage of 19 rockets and …

BOISE, Idaho – Less than a month into the football season, the Idaho Vandals are undergoing another makeover after spectators complained that cheerleaders’ uniforms were flashing a little more than school spirit. After the football team dumped the school logo from the buttocks of their new pants, the university in …