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VIENNA, Austria – Three cats have tested positive for the deadly strain of bird flu in Austria’s first reported case of the disease spreading to an animal other than a bird, state authorities said Monday. The sick cats were among 170 living at an animal shelter where the disease was …

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – Pakistan on Tuesday successfully test-fired a cruise missile that can carry a nuclear warhead and hit targets within a 310-mile range, the army said. Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf witnessed the firing, which took place at an undisclosed location inside Pakistan and was the second test of …

NEW YORK – The maker of Ambien has begun a new ad campaign it hopes will reverse a sales slide triggered by reports that some patients couldn’t recall driving or eating while sleepwalking when using the prescription sleep aid. The campaign Sanofi-Aventis SA launched Wednesday is likely the first salvo …

CLINTON, Tennessee – Fifty years ago, Bobby Cain and 11 other black students walked down a steep hill past hundreds of taunting, angry white people to Clinton High School. Stepping inside, the group that became known as the “Clinton 12” made the public high school in this little mill town …

This weekend, Bill O’Reilly and I will be up on the northern border where we’ll see border security firsthand. This comes as GAO investigators report that between February and June 2006, 18 investigators got by borders agents at checkpoints in Texas, California, Michigan, Idaho, Washington and twice in Arizona and …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Israel is demanding that U.N. troops patrol the Syria-Lebanon border to prevent Hezbollah from receiving arms shipments. But even if Israel overcomes Syrian objections to the idea, policing the mostly mountainous frontier could prove nearly impossible. The controversy has developed as the United Nations tries to muster …

NORTH MIAMI, Florida – A 13-year-old cadet at a private military academy who died while camping at a state park refused food throughout the excursion, the father of two fellow cadets said Sunday. Victor Jusino of Sunrise said his sons, ages 9 and 10, told him the boy continuously threw …

LINCOLN, Neb. – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the city of Plattsmouth on Thursday for refusing to take down a Ten Commandments monument that has been displayed in a city park since 1965. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Lincoln, alleges that the display violates the First …

WASILLA, Alaska – Flooding and mud slides brought on by heavy rain closed the main highway and rail line Saturday between Anchorage and Fairbanks, the state’s two largest cities. At least 150 people were evacuated from their homes, not counting campers and fishermen who use numerous roadside campgrounds, said Dennis …

WASHINGTON – The nation’s poverty rate was essentially unchanged last year, the first year it hasn’t increased since before President Bush took office. The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that 37 million Americans were living under the poverty line last year — about 12.6 percent of the population. That’s down from …