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Alicia Keys Announces 34-City 'Diary Tour'

NEW YORK – Alicia Keys (search), always an open book, will hit the road in a newly announced “Diary Tour” (search) of 34 U.S. cities. Keys will perform at “intimate venues” to play hits from her Grammy-nominated sophomore album, “The Diary of Alicia Keys.” (search) Keys will kick off her …

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FCC Head Powell Stepping Down

WASHINGTON – Federal Communications Commission (search) Chairman Michael K. Powell (search), who opposed tight regulation of telecommunications but backed unprecedented fines against broadcast indecency, announced Friday he is resigning. Powell, who has held the job for four years, said in a statement that he informed President Bush that he would …

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Oil-for-Food Audits Ignite Debate

NEW YORK – Internal U.N. audits sent to the director of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program (search) uncovered extensive mismanagement of multimillion-dollar deals with contractors and fraudulent paperwork by its employees, according to copies of some of the reports obtained by The Associated Press. More than 50 audits, which were carried …

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