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WASHINGTON – Harvard scientists announced they’ve discovered a way to fuse adult skin cells with embryonic stem cells (search), a promising breakthrough that could lead to the creation of useful stem cells without first having to create and destroy human embryos. The scientists said they were able to show in …

WASHINGTON – Struggling to finish a politically thorny task, the base-closing commission tackled a shake-up of the Air National Guard (search) on Friday after — in a setback for the Pentagon — it voted to keep open Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The nine-member panel endorsed the concept …

WASHINGTON – A Senate committee plans to review rules that govern who can — and cannot — be laid to rest in national cemeteries after the ashes of a convicted murderer were placed in Arlington National Cemetery (search). The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee (search), chaired by Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, …