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WASHINGTON – The House easily approved another $82 billion for Iraq (search)and Afghanistan (search)on Thursday, a measure that includes sweeping immigration reforms and boosts the total spent on fighting terrorism since 2001 to beyond $300 billion. The vote was 368-58, with one lawmaker abstaining. The Senate is to vote on …

NEW YORK – The Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal captured two Pulitzer Prizes (search) apiece Monday, with the Times winning the public service award for exposing racial injustice at an inner-city hospital and the Journal cited for its incisive stories about the plight of cancer survivors. Two …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Hundreds of Palestinian gunmen have signed pledges to halt violence in exchange for government jobs, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas hopes to bring many more militants on board before he meets U.S. President George W. Bush (search) in May, Palestinian officials said Monday. The new jobs-for-guns …