[AP] Reporter's Fate Unknown As Deadline Passes

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Mortars Slam Into Baghdad Neighborhoods

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Violence killed at least 29 people Sunday, including three American soldiers, and mortar fire rumbled through the heart of Baghdad after sundown despite stringent security measures imposed after an explosion of sectarian violence....

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Bush Accepts DP World's Offer of Review

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Bush administration said Sunday it will accept an extraordinary offer by a United Arab Emirates-based company to submit to a second - and broader - U.S. review of potential security risks in its deal to take over significant operations at six leading American ports. The plan averts an impending political showdown....

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Turin Bids Arrivederci to Winter Olympics

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TURIN, Italy (AP) -- Turin's Olympics, a topsy-turvy mix of marvels and misadventures, ended appropriately with a closing-ceremony Carnevale - a circus-like celebration full of clowns and acrobats, vibrant and often dreamlike....

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FBI: Powder Found in Texas Dorm Not Ricin

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AUSTIN (AP) -- The FBI determined a powdery substance found in a roll of quarters at a University of Texas dormitory was not ricin after initial state tests had indicated it was the potentially deadly poison, a spokesman said Sunday....

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Standoff at Afghan Prison Continues

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Hundreds of Afghan soldiers with tanks and grenade-launchers surrounded Kabul's main prison Sunday after rioting inmates seized control of much of the facility in an uprising that officials blamed on al-Qaida and Taliban militants....

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Shooting in Detroit Church Kills Woman

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DETROIT (AP) -- A man opened fire at a church service Sunday, killing an 18-year-old woman and wounding her child before shooting another man outside, according to police and broadcast reports....

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Sun Shines on Glitzy Mardi Gras Parades

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The weather was sunny and mild Sunday as revelers in this fun-starved city gathered for a daylong extravaganza of Carnival season parades, including two of the biggest and glitziest....

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Tyler Perry's 'Reunion' Tops Box Office

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tyler Perry fans reunited at theaters for another tale of mad black women. "Tyler Perry's Madea's Family Reunion," a comic drama in which writer-director Perry also stars in three roles, debuted as the weekend's No. 1 movie with $30.25 million, according to studio estimates Sunday....

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UConn Avenges Loss, Tops Villanova

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STORRS, Conn. (AP) -- Forget revenge or first place. The one thing that kept coming up after No. 3 Connecticut beat No. 2 Villanova was toughness. After the Huskies' 89-75 victory Sunday left everybody in Gampel Pavilion drained whether they played or watched, coaches and players talked about the attitude and style that has become the trademark of the Big East....