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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Law and Order

Man, 23, faces charges in girlfriend's killing

Merger activity picks up, and Wall Street perks up

NEW YORK — Large acquisitions from Abbott Laboratories, Xerox Corp. and Johnson & Johnson vaulted shares of drugmakers and technology companies higher Monday.

Merger activity picks up, and Wall Street perks up

Border agents fired when entrant-laden vans sped at them

SAN DIEGO — Federal agents felt trapped when they opened fire on the driver of one of two vans packed with suspected illegal immigrants that barreled toward them at the nation's busiest border crossing, an official said Wednesday.

GAO report includes info on unnamed AZ bus firm

The Government Accountability Office report included information on a motor coach carrier in Arizona that the GAO determined was a potential reincarnation. The carrier was not identified.

2 entrant bodies found

The bodies of two illegal immigrants were found in separate locations Sunday in Southern Arizona.

Firecracker Triathlon's oldest entrant is determined not to take the longest

Pat Stember will celebrate his Independence Day at 5:45 this morning with a swim, bike ride and run.

Firecracker Triathlon's oldest entrant is determined not to take the longest

Edwards wins first of 2009 in Nationwide

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Carl Edwards made the most of his one-day Wisconsin getaway, winning Saturday's Nationwide series race at the Milwaukee Mile after taking a brief break from his Sprint Cup duties in California.

Who gets the booze? How the liquor-license lottery works

PHOENIX — Even though seven lotteries were taking place inside, the auditorium at a state office building in Phoenix was eerily quiet.

Who gets the booze? How the liquor-license lottery works

Border fences grow, as does debate that rages over them

NOGALES — Three men prop a ladder on top of a tree branch and lean it against a 15-foot border fence made of steel tubes so close together a man can't fit his head through.