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PONDERAY, Idaho – A woman was arrested on a child endangerment charge after an infant was doused with pepper spray in a feud between two families in a Wal-Mart (search), police said. The 2-month-old baby was recovering after being sprayed Monday with the oleoresin capsicum (search) solution, which is derived …

WASHINGTON – President Bush laid a red, white and blue-flowered wreath on the Tomb of the Unknowns (search) on Monday as he vowed to honor the nation’s war dead by pursing peace and freedom throughout the world. “The names of the men buried there are known only to God but …

ATLANTA – So-called runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks (search) was indicted Wednesday on felony and misdemeanor charges and faces arrest within days, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter announced. Wilbanks — who is still undergoing intensive psychological treatment — was indicted on one count of making false statements, a felony, and …

DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM) and Toyota Motor Co. (search) had the top vehicles in 15 of 18 categories in a closely watched survey of 2005 models released Wednesday by research firm J.D. Power and Associates (search). Toyota’s Lexus SC430 (search) was the highest-ranking vehicle for the second year …

KYOTO, Japan – Asian and European nations urged North Korea (search) on Saturday to return immediately to nuclear disarmament talks as concerns grew that the communist state was preparing to test an atomic bomb. Pyongyang (search) could expect the security assurance and financial assistance it seeks in return for a …

WASHINGTON – The Army missed its recruiting goal in April, marking the third consecutive monthly shortfall. Army spokesman Paul Boyce (search) said officials believe that increases in the number of recruiters, as well as new advertising and publicity efforts, will produce a surge in recruiting this summer so that the …

WASHINGTON – California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown (search) has been the target of a Democratic judicial filibuster since 2003. Democrats say she’s a radical conservative, worse in their minds than U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (search). Conservatives like Progress for America advertise Brown as a rigorous thinker …

Adam Sandler (search) is the new Burt Reynolds (search)? It seems hard to believe, but in this weekend’s “The Longest Yard,” (search) a remake of the 1974 movie about a famous quarterback who goes to prison for drunk driving and leads the inmates in a football game against the prison …

WASHINGTON – Rebuffing Democrats on automobile fuel economy and Alaska oil drilling, House Republicans are setting the stage to pass their vision of a national energy agenda. The energy bill, crafted Wednesday during daylong hearings by three committees, mirrors one the House passed nearly two years ago, only to have …

WASHINGTON – President Bush (search) reported adjusted gross income of $784,219 for last year, on which he paid $207,307 in federal taxes — about $20,000 less than the previous year, according to the president’s return released Friday by the White House. In 2003 the president and first lady Laura Bush …