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Gasoline-powered lawnmowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The long-awaited regulation requires a 35 percent reduction in emissions from new lawn and garden equipment beginning in 2011. Big emission reductions are also …

WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that the nation’s still-frozen credit markets are very fragile and Congress must move quickly to pass a $700 billion bailout package for financial firms. Paulson said that the nation’s outdated regulatory system for financial market must be overhauled but the first job …

KABUL, Afghanistan – Defense Secretary Robert Gates offered the people of Afghanistan his “personal regrets” Wednesday for U.S. airstrikes that have killed civilians and said he would try to improve the accuracy of air warfare, the imperfect fallback for U.S. commanders who say they don’t have enough ground forces for …