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KARBALA, Iraq – American AC-130 gunships and tanks battled militiamen near shrines in this Shiite holy city Friday, and fighting was heavy in two other towns south of Baghdad. More than 450 Iraqis were released from the notorious Abu Ghraib (search)jail — some emerging with fresh claims of abuse. On …

WASHINGTON – Amtrak (search)and commuter rail passengers at one suburban station will have to walk through an explosives detection machine and have their bags screened in a new security experiment designed to frustrate terrorists. TheTransportation Security Administration (search)was beginning a pilot project Tuesday at a rail stop in a Maryland …

DAYTON, Ohio – It could be the ride of a lifetime for someone willing to pay $10,000. For that price, this summer’s Dayton Air Show will offer one ride aboard an F-104 Starfighter, an interceptor aircraft from the Cold War years that can fly at twice the speed of sound. …