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WASHINGTON – Two Republican lawmakers suggested Wednesday that U.S. money for the United Nations could be tied to reforms in the wake of the Oil-for-Food (search) scandal and allegations of corruption in other U.N. programs. The United Nations “suffers from crippling questions about its effectiveness,” the lawmakers wrote Secretary-General Kofi …

LOS ANGELES – A celebrity makeup artist has filed a $25 million lawsuit against rapper Snoop Dogg (search), alleging he and several men in his entourage drugged and raped her two years ago. The woman also claims that one of Snoop Dogg’s associates beat her following a taping of ABC’s …

WASHINGTON – Two women who voted in recent elections in Iraq and Afghanistan and the parents of an American soldier killed in recent fighting were Laura Bush’s (search) special guests in her VIP box at President Bush’s State of the Union address Wednesday. Safia Taleb al-Suhail of Iraq and Homira …