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WASHINGTON – Cleanup efforts have slowed and garbage continues to pile up in a remote chain of Pacific islands that President Bush two years ago made the biggest and most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. Winning rare praise from conservationists, Bush declared the 140,000-square-mile chain of islands …

DAMASCUS, Md. – Mercedes Clemens is certified to massage humans, but she claims the state of Maryland is keeping her from her first love: Massaging horses. She shut down her equine massage practice in a Washington suburb after state officials told her state law only allows veterinarians to perform such …

KABUL, Afghanistan – A roadside bomb attack on a patrol of Dutch soldiers killed the son of the Netherlands’ top military officer on Friday, a day after his father took command of the country’s armed forces, officials said. Lt. Dennis van Uhm, 23, was one of two Dutch soldiers killed …