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Sharp exchanges over Iraq and the heated tone of the campaign spiced a tense debate Wednesday between Republican presidential candidates. The four-man debate was dominated by sparring between the new front-runner, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

Syria is rapidly improving relations with Turkey, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East. This development could have substantial repercussions in the region — and particularly for Washington, which views Damascus as a dangerous regime.

Hillary Clinton and John McCain are New Hampshire's comeback kids, remaking their stalled presidential campaigns and blunting the momentum of opponents as they head into fresh contests in Michigan and South Carolina.

When you work in the media, you cherish PR blunders, if for no other reason than the opportunity to say with unchallenged authority, "What a knucklehead!" This year's well-deserved knucklehead trophy goes to FEMA, according

The Democratic-led Congress officially waves the white flag of surrender on its top domestic issue: the State Children's Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP. Democrats repeatedly sought to increase funding for the program, but in the end passed a bill to continue SCHIP in its current form.

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Oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002 and seem to be heading in only one direction: up. High oil prices affect everyone from a factory worker in China to a farmer in Iowa. Expect to pay more for gas, airline tickets, food and heating.

moves back and forth in time as it weaves the story of grief, loss and recovery. At the core of the film are three people: Steven (David Duchocney), his wife Audrey (Halle Berry) and his friend since childhood Jerry (Benicio Del Toro). Audrey has always resented her husband's friendship with Jerry, and she's never been able to understand it. Steven is a successful designer/architect and Jerry's a longtime addict. The distance, in terms of lifestyles, between the two men keeps growing, but Steven maintains the friendship, offering support and occasional food and money. Audrey considers Steven's time with Jerry as time he could better spend with her or their two kids.

El-Ibrahimi is transferred to a North African prison where Abasi Fawal (Yigal Naor) casually employs beatings, water soaked hoods, electrodes, humiliation and solitary confinement in a hole of a cell. Overseeing the interrogation is newbie CIA analyst Douglas Freeman (Jake Gyllenhaal) who bluntly tells Fawal, "This is my first torture." Freeman doesn't take to it very well and Fawal grows impatient with his American observer. In addition, Fawal has to deal with a rebellious daughter who's resisting an arranged marriage and is instead dating a politicized young Islamic man. Meanwhile, back in the states, Isabella hooks up with a college friend (Peter Sarsgaard) who is politically well-connected in Washington, D.C. The government, of course, denies any knowledge of Isabella's husband.

Retired judge Michael Mukasey, the nominee for attorney general, returns to the Senate Judiciary Committee for a second round of questioning. He says torture is illegal, but did not specify what techniques constitute torture or what methods would be banned.