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WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary John Snow received a tongue-lashing Thursday from senators over what they said was the adminstration’s failure to force China to adjust its overvalued currency. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Treasury’s report last week that declined to brand China as a currency manipulator was “a technical and …

JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski, the nation’s oldest governor at 73, announced Friday that he will seek a second term. Murkowski, a Republican, told a crowd of party faithful in Fairbanks that he wanted to finish the job he began four years ago after leaving the U.S. Senate …

NEW YORK – Malaysia is hoping to wash its restrooms’ stinky reputation down the drain. The country’s toilets, which long have irked residents and tourists, are the subject of a two-day conference in Kuala Lumpur, the National Toilet Summit, aimed at improving sanitary conditions at facilities throughout Malaysia, the Associated …