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U.S. 'Iron Fist' Offensive Kills At Least 36 Iraq Militants

QAIM, Iraq – A U.S. offensive aimed at Al Qaeda (search) in Iraq insurgents in western Iraq entered its third day Monday, with airstrikes in a town on the banks of the Euphrates River (search), witnesses said. At least 36 militants have died since the fighting began, officials said. No …

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Doctorow, Didion Are Book Award Finalists

NEW YORK – E.L. Doctorow’s (search) “The March,” (search) his novelization of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s bloody Civil War campaign, and Joan Didion’s (search) “The Year of Magical Thinking,” (search) her memoir of grieving her late husband, were among the nominees announced Wednesday for the National Book Awards (search). Two …

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UnitedHealth Profit Rises 21 Percent

CHICAGO – UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH) Friday reported a 21 percent rise in third-quarter earnings on membership gains and lower-than-expected medical costs. The health insurer, the nation’s largest by market capitalization, forecast strong profit growth would continue through 2006 at a clip of at least 15 percent. UnitedHealth, whose shares …

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