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Vote Set for Thursday on Bolton

WASHINGTON – After 30 hours of staff interviews and 1,000 pages of transcripts, members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are now scheduled to vote Thursday on John R. Bolton‘s (search) nomination to be U.N. ambassador. Still, Republicans and Democrats don’t seem any closer to agreement about the man nominated …

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Kenyans Want to Adopt Baby Saved by Dog

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyans are eager to adopt a baby girl abandoned in a forest and later saved by a stray dog, officials said Tuesday. “The publicity on the way the baby was rescued has sparked a lot of public interest in helping her,” said Hannah Gakuo of Kenyatta National …

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Toll Brothers Profit Surges on Strong Demand

NEW YORK – Toll Brothers Inc. (TOL), a builder of luxury homes, on Thursday reported that quarterly profit more than doubled on strong demand and rising prices, and raised its full-year earnings forecast. The strong report and earnings outlook lifted shares of the homebuilder by 3.2 percent in premarket trading …

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