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WASHINGTON – Australian Prime Minister John Howard (search) on Tuesday defended his country’s continuing troop presence in Iraq and refused to put a timetable on bringing soldiers home from the U.S.-led campaign, echoing the position of his host, President Bush. “We will stay the distance in Iraq,” Howard told reporters …

NEW ORLEANS – Hank Stram (search), who took the Kansas City Chiefs (search) to two Super Bowls and was known for his inventive game plans, died Monday at a hospital in suburban New Orleans, his family members said. He was 82. Stram died at about 11:15 a.m. He had been …

WASHINGTON – The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved President Bush’s nomination of Rep. Christopher Cox (search) to be the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The committee also endorsed the nominations of Roel Campos (search) and Annette Nazareth (search) to fill two Democratic positions on the five-member …