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WASHINGTON – The Republican leading a Senate inquiry of the government’s botched response to Hurricane Katrina denied a Democratic request Wednesday to subpoena the White House for information. Even though she has criticized the Bush administration for stonewalling, Sen. Susan Collins said the administration generally has provided enough information for …

UTICA, N.Y. – Republican Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, chairman of the House Science Committee, announced plans to retire Friday after nearly 24 years in Congress. “It is time,” Boehlert told a crowd of hundreds of friends, colleagues and family members at Utica’s historic train station. “I feel like I’ve done it …

KARACHI, Pakistan – A suicide bomber who was blocked from driving into the U.S. Consulate slammed instead into an American diplomat’s car Thursday, killing the envoy. The force of the blast on the eve of President Bush’s trip to Pakistan blew the U.S. vehicle into the grounds of a hotel. …