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WASHINGTON – If Congress passes an energy bill, Americans may see more daylight-saving time (search). Lawmakers crafting energy legislation approved an amendment Wednesday to extend daylight-saving time by two months, having it start on the last Sunday in March and end on the last Sunday in November. “Extending daylight-saving time …

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s pick to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations pledged Monday to “work with all” to build a stronger and more effective world body, which he said has sometimes gone “off track.” The Bush administration is committed to the success of the United Nations, John …

The following is a rough schedule of the events that will take place between Pope John Paul II’s death and the election of the new pontiff. Day 3: The pope’s body will lie in state for viewing by the public in the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo. Day 4: The …

SAN FRANCISCO – Siebel Systems Inc. (SEBL) ousted Chief Executive Michael Lawrie on Wednesday, days after the business software maker warned quarterly sales would be the lowest in five years and as a group of disgruntled shareholders was to meet to mull the company’s future. Siebel named George Shaheen (search), …

NEW YORK – For 487 weeks, viewers have made NBC’s “Today” show (search) team of Katie Couric (search) and Matt Lauer their favorites in the morning. The steady rise of ABC’s “Good Morning America” (search) is threatening that dominance. So far this season, the “Today” ratings lead has averaged 662,000 …

JERUSALEM – Israel will leave settlers’ houses in Gaza intact after its summertime pullout, a senior official said, choosing environmental and international factors over settler feelings of anger and insult because Palestinians will take over their homes. The question of what to do with the hundreds of red-roofed houses scattered …

LONDON – Mick Jagger‘s former wife, Jerry Hall, was at the opening of a hot line for people abused when they were children, saying she had spent part of her own childhood in fear of her father. “My father was a war hero, and he had a lot of rages …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. hoped the installation Saturday of Iraq’s new national unity government would help clear the way for the withdrawal of American troops. “It is our wish that, as the government strengthens in its governing, Iraqis can protect themselves and American troops can come home,” Republican House Speaker …

BEIJING – The parents of a 13-year-old Chinese boy who they say jumped to his death from a tall building after playing one of the popular “World of Warcraft” online games for 36 hours straight are suing its Chinese distributor, a news report said Friday. Zhang Xiaoyi died on Dec. …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Four American troops were killed by hostile fire, while five others died and three were missing after their truck rolled over in a flash flood this weekend in separate incidents in western Iraq, the military said Monday. In violence targeting Iraqis, a suicide truck bomb exploded Monday …