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CHICAGO – United Airlines (search) is headed back to the negotiating table with its pilots after a bankruptcy judge threw out the union’s latest contract. The airline, however, achieved last-minute negotiating breakthroughs Friday with two other unions to postpone an awkward courtroom showdown over its push for new contracts. The …

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain wants the Senate Armed Services Committee to hold hearings on allegations that the Defense Department may be bending U.S. laws in order to give Secretary Donald Rumsfeld more authority over clandestine overseas operations. The Washington Post, which reported the story on Sunday based on military …

WASHINGTON – Departing members of President Bush’s Cabinet will not have to scour the classifieds to find plum jobs. Secretary of State Colin Powell (search) can revive a lucrative book-writing and public speaking career. Homeland Defense Secretary Tom Ridge (search) and Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson (search) will …