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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Leaders of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday the Bush administration should talk directly with North Korea as concerns grow over a possible test launch of a missile that could reach the U.S. Senators also rejected the idea by a former defense secretary that the U.S. …

NEW YORK – Warren Buffett’s contribution of about $1.5 billion a year to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be used to seek cures for the world’s worst diseases and improve American education, Bill Gates said Monday. “There is no reason we can’t cure the top 20 diseases,” Gates …

ROCKY POINT, N.Y. – Two Mexican immigrants fishing off a Long Island jetty were set upon by a group of four white youths who beat them and stole their money while using racial and ethnic slurs, police said. The young men have been charged with robbery and assault as hate …

GAYLORD, Mich. – Aschool bus driver has been suspended after she apparently abandoned some students on an unfamiliar dirt road, district officials said. Gaylord Community Schools bus driver Sena Black forced some students from the bus she was driving on May 22, authorities said. The students called their parents from …

BRAMPTON, Ontario – Lawyers for some of the 14 Muslim terror suspects held in an alleged plot to blow up buildings complained at a bail hearing Monday about the treatment of their clients, saying one was beaten by a guard. Two of the suspects alleged in court that they had …

NEW YORK – Four young men suspected of beating a recording artist while yelling anti-gay slurs were arraigned on assault charges, but did not enter a plea. They are accused of chasing and jumping Kevin Aviance, 38, at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the city’s East Village. According to a …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Commission said Monday it hopes to get early backing from European Union governments for plans to renegotiate an airline passenger data deal with the United States which was ruled illegal by the EU’s top court last month. Commission spokesman Friso Roscam Abbing said the European …

The key to a healthy heart is lifestyle, not a strict diet, according to new guidelines from the American Heart Association. About every five years the AHA updates its diet advice. This year, for the first time, the guidelines stress lifestyle as much as diet. Tufts University researcher Alice Lichtenstein, …

This is a partial transcript from “The Beltway Boys,” on June 17, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. Watch “The Beltway Boys” Saturday at 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. ET and Sunday at 2:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. ET. FRED BARNES, CO-HOST: Let’s check out this week’s “Ups and …

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke basketball star J.J. Redick was arrested early Tuesday on charges of drunken driving, another blow to a school shaken by a lacrosse scandal. Redick, The Associated Press Player of the Year, also was charged with making an illegal U-turn. His driver’s license was revoked for 30 …