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Iraqi death toll continues to decline

BAGHDAD - The number of Iraqis killed last month fell to 718, an Associated Press tally showed, the lowest monthly death toll since just before the 2006 bombing of a Shiite shrine provoked a vicious cycle of retaliatory sectarian violence.

Warm, fuzzy salute to earmuff

PORTLAND, Maine - The market is flooded with ear-warming devices carrying names such as Ear Grips, EarPops and Ear Mitts.

Governor's health-reform plan a tough sell

SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by opposition in the Legislature, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to take his health-care plan to "the people" next year in the form of a sweeping ballot measure.

Lawmakers want federal rules on school foods

Congress is considering the broadest effort ever to limit what children eat: a national ban on selling candy, sugary soda and salty, fatty food in school snack bars, vending machines and a la carte cafeteria lines.

Corruption staggeringly deep in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Jobless men pay $500 bribes to join the police.

San Francisco gift exchange gets guns off street

SAN FRANCISCO - A man carrying a semiautomatic handgun approached a group of San Francisco police officers Saturday afternoon and, with a smile, handed over the pistol in exchange for $150 in gift cards.

Alternative circuses with big-top dreams

SAN FRANCISCO - The DNA Lounge was a real circus the night The Mutaytor came to town.

Fuel efficiency put on fast track

WASHINGTON - The groundbreaking deal in Congress to raise mile-per-gallon standards will compel the auto industry to churn out more fuel-efficient vehicles on a

Regifting: It's not just for fruitcake

Oh, the aching dilemma of the lame holiday gift.

Holly Hunter finds satisfaction in cable roles

Holly Hunter is well aware that much is being made of how cable is providing actresses over 40 with some of the best roles in television or feature films: Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer," Mary Louise Parker in "Weeds," Glenn Close in "Damages" and Hunter herself as an Oklahoma City Police