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BEIJING – A Chinese city of 3.8 million people closed schools and was trucking in drinking water Wednesday after shutting down its water system following a chemical plant explosion that officials said polluted a nearby river with toxic benzene. The announcement of the shutdown in Harbin in China’s frigid northeast …

WASHINGTON – Tai Shan, the giant panda cub, showed Tuesday that he is a quick study, prancing about in his den and otherwise mugging for hordes of camera crews in this city that’s a veritable fishbowl for celebrities. More than 100 reporters and camera crews from around the world got …

NEW YORK – AOL founder Steve Case (search) on Monday said he has resigned from the board of Time Warner Inc. (TWX), ending a storied chapter in the history of the world’s largest media company. Case, who stepped down as chairman in 2003, was one of the original architects of …