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HARTFORD, Conn. – Rep. Nancy Johnson, a 12-term Republican who ran a tough-on-terror campaign and touted her co-authorship of the Medicare prescription drug legislation, lost her re-election bid Tuesday to anti-war Democrat Chris Murphy. Murphy had 56 percent to Johnson’s 44 percent with 12 percent of the precincts voting. Johnson …

The human genome — our DNA — may be more complex than scientists previously thought, with greater ethnic divergence. In a new study published in Nature, researchers report there are fairly large variations between four ethnic groups in 12 percent of the genome. The findings may affect research on the …

LONDON – Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons on Wednesday to support the tough battle their forces are fighting against insurgents in Afghanistan, and he denied the troops have inadequate equipment. During his weekly question session in Parliament, Blair said British commanders, who are currently leading the NATO forces in …