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WASHINGTON – When Congress last week pledged up to $100 billion to support insurance companies in case of future terrorist attacks, the measure was aimed at spurring huge construction projects that had been stymied by a lack of coverage. But some officials are hard-pressed to find even one project delayed …

LOS ANGELES – Harry Potter is working box-office magic again, though the boy wizard couldn’t quite conjure up a revenue record. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second movie based on the fantasy book series by J.K. Rowling, took in $28.86 million domestically on opening day Friday, distributor …

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials announced charges Wednesday involving alleged plots to sell drugs to finance weapons purchases for Usama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda organization and a Colombian paramilitary group. The separate cases show the threat to national security from the “toxic combination of drugs and terrorism,” Attorney General John Ashcroft …