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WASHINGTON – Broadway came to the nation’s capital Sunday night during a gala for the Ford’s Theatre attended by President Bush and first lady Laura Bush. Actor Hal Holbrook, country music singer Trisha Yearwood, former American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken and other stars performed songs and spoken word pieces from …

LOS ANGELES – The head of the Screen Actors Guild doesn’t want to hear the s-word as a deadline for contract expiration looms. “We have taken no steps to initiate a strike authorization vote by the members of Screen Actors Guild,” Union President Alan Rosenberg said in a statement Sunday. …

The nation’s unemployment rate jumped to 5.5 percent in May — the biggest monthly rise since 1986 — as nervous employers cut 49,000 jobs. The latest snapshot of business conditions showed a deeply troiubled economy, with job opportunities dwindling in a time of continuing hardship in the housing, credit and …