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WASHINGTON – Democrats in the Senate have beat back a GOP filibuster of must-pass legislation that wraps up the bulk of the remaining congressional agenda besides health care. The measure is anchored by a $626 billion Pentagon funding bill, but it also carries short-term extensions of unemployment benefits, highway funding, …

OMAHA, Neb. – Holiday travelers battled slick, icy roads and flight cancellations and delays on Wednesday as a major winter storm began to spread across much of the nation’s midsection — and the worst of the weather was still expected to come. The slow-moving storm was likely to intensify Thursday …

NEW YORK – Rain didn’t deter several hundred people from rallying in front of Manhattan’s federal courthouse complex, to protest plans to try major terrorism suspects in New York City. Actor Brian Dennehy and people who lost loved ones in the 9/11 terror attacks were among those demonstrating. Opponents of …