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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Riot police deployed across the Ethiopian capital firing guns and lobbing grenades Wednesday to quell a second day of protests over disputed parliamentary elections. At least 23 people were killed and 150 wounded, including children, doctors and hospital workers said. One man said police broke into …

WASHINGTON – Liberal advocacy group Public Citizen has asked for new inquiries into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s finances. The request Wednesday to the Senate Ethics Committee stems from the sale from Frist’s blind trusts stock in three companies with ties to HCA Inc., the hospital giant founded by his …

WASHINGTON – Legislation to fund many of the nation’s health, education and social programs went down to a startling defeat in the House Thursday, led by Democrats who said cuts in the bill hurt some of America’s neediest people. The 224-209 vote against the $142.5 billion spending bill disrupted plans …