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TOKYO – About 105 gallons of coolant water containing radioactive material leaked from an inactive nuclear power reactor in western Japan, but there was no danger of radiation escaping the plant, its operator said Tuesday. The leak was discovered by a worker who rushed to the scene after an alarm …

NEW YORK – Sen. John McCain defended his support for the Iraq war Tuesday in a commencement speech at Columbia University that had been expected to draw boisterous protests from student activists. But a driving rainstorm dampened much of the expected activity, forcing the 1,064 graduates to listen to the …

LONDON – Tom Robinson had long wondered about his family tree. He never suspected its roots might lie in the Mongolian steppe. The Florida accountant knew that his great, great-grandfather had come to the United States from England — but beyond that his research drew a blank. So he turned …