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CARLTON, Minn. – A woman was severely injured when she was attacked by a black bear while walking in woods in northeast Minnesota (search), officials said. Mary Lou Munn (search), 50, managed to call authorities after the attack but was found lying in her front yard with several severe cuts …

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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has determined four more prisoners at Guantanamo Bay (search), Cuba, no longer pose much of a threat and plans to release them, a senior official said Friday. No information on those four was available. The State Department is making arrangements to send them to their home …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” July 7, 2005, that was edited for clarity. NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: My next guest says, while the terrorists (search) might have won a tactical victory, strategically, they did not. Joining me now by phone is Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph …

NEW YORK – Madonna (search) isn’t the person she once was — and that’s the way she wants it. These days, the former Material Girl spends more time with her two children than she does performing. She collects art instead of boyfriends, and she’s traded in her leather and lace …

NEW YORK – Stocks fell Monday after blue-chip giant Citigroup Inc.’s (C) second-quarter profit missed analysts’ forecasts, but a drop in oil prices limited the market’s decline. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) slipped 65.84 points, or 0.62 percent, to end at 10,574.99. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (search) …

WASHINGTON – The government warned doctors Tuesday to be on the lookout for rare but deadly infections in women using the abortion pill RU-486 (search), citing two more deaths after its use. At least five U.S. women have died after taking the pill since it began selling in 2000, although …

SALT LAKE CITY – The state of Utah can’t block a woman from using her license plate to tell the world “GAYSROK,” a judge has ruled. The state has no good reason to prevent Elizabeth Solomon (search) from having that plate — which can be read “Gays are OK” or …

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The British army began closing or demolishing military installations in the Irish Republican Army (search)’s rural heartland Friday in a rapid response to the IRA’s declaration to renounce violence and disarm. Soldiers started to dismantle or withdraw from three positions in South Armagh (search), a rebellious …

WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney (search), standing with veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of the government agency created to serve them, said Thursday “we cannot predict the length or the course of the War on Terror.” “We have no illusions about the difficulty of engaging enemies that dwell …