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WASHINGTON – Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday added his voice to the chorus of Republican criticism of Democrats who contend the Bush administration of manipulating intelligence on Iraq. That accusation, he said, “one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.” “Some of the most …

A U.S. military effort to recruit more Latinos as officers on American campuses is coming under fire from California activists who call the initiative racist, according to the Daily Sundial, the student newspaper at California State University in Northridge. The Hispanic Access Initiative was established in the late 1990s with …

NEW YORK – Paper products giant Georgia-Pacific Corp. (GP), the maker of Brawny paper towels and Angel Soft tissue, has agreed to be acquired for more than $13 billion by Koch Industries Inc., the nation’s second-biggest private company. The $13.2 billion cash deal announced Sunday also calls for Koch to …