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ST. LOUIS – Three yapping, cuddly South American bush dog pups at the Saint Louis Zoo (search) are making fertility history among wild canids, with implications for the rest of the animal world. Youngsters Mariana, Turi and Sherman, resembling chubby, furry, Chihuahuas, were born in January following a successful, first-of-its-kind …

See you in the No Spin Zone at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET! Tonight … “The O’Reilly Factor” is on… Star-studded and sexy, but is the movie “Sin City” too violent for viewers? Actor Mickey Rourke (search) gives Bill the scoop in the No Spin Zone. Plus, why won’t …

NEW YORK – Safeway Inc (SWY), the No. 3 U.S. grocer, Tuesday posted its biggest quarterly sales rebound in more than three years due to improved customer service and a focus on fresh foods, and its stock rose more than 4 percent. Safeway, based in Pleasanton, Calif., also said it …

WASHINGTON – A Senate Democrat is making a longshot attempt to take away from President Bush the broad trade negotiating authority that Congress gave him three years ago. Sen. Byron Dorgan (search), D-N.D., said Congress made a mistake in 2002 when it narrowly passed the “fast track” or trade promotion …

NACO, Ariz. – It was a nasty night to be standing in the middle of the desert — moonless and cold, with gusting wind driving stinging sand and dust. Yet civilian volunteers in the Minuteman Project (search) were spread out in groups of two to four to watch for illegal …

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Vice President Dick Cheney, in remarks that caused a stir in neighboring Russia, accused President Vladimir Putin Thursday of restricting the rights of citizens and said that “no legitimate interest is served” by turning energy resources into implements of blackmail. Cheney’s sharp remarks — some of the …

SYDNEY, Australia – Tax officials in Australia today issued a list of “tools of the trade” sex workers can deduct on their taxes. Among other things, the list issued on the Internet includes adult toys, lingerie, condoms, gels and oils. But prostitutes, strippers and lap dancers can’t claim fitness classes …

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is delaying indefinitely the deployment of an Army combat brigade that was to start heading to Iraq this month as part of a long-planned troop rotation, defense officials said. The decision — not yet publicly announced — to keep the 3,500 soldiers of the 2nd brigade …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Republican Rep. Clay Shaw is on the cusp of realizing a political dream, transforming his 25 years of service and clout into one of the most powerful jobs in Washington. Too bad almost everything out of the nation’s capital these days amounts to a nightmare for …

WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Robert N. Giaimo, a Connecticut Democrat who helped create the national endowments for the arts and humanities, has died. He was 86. Giaimo died Wednesday just outside Washington in Arlington, Va., from lung ailments, said his daughter, Barbara Giaimo Koones. He represented the New Haven area …