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Some industry watchers have portrayed Apple Computer’s decision to make Windows available as a dual-boot on Intel-based Mac OS X systems as a big win for Microsoft. Microsoft doesn’t seem to be taking the move as a sign that it can call off the dogs, however. Microsoft is still pushing …

SOMERS, Conn. – Condolences and flowers came in from all over the world. Gene Pitney, 66, who died last week while touring in Wales, was remembered during funeral services Wednesday as a friend and neighbor who, regardless of where he traveled, cherished coming back home to be with his wife …

ROME – U.S. naval forces were dispatched toward the waters off Yemen‘s coast Sunday after an appeal from a crew aboard a sailboat who feared they were about to be attacked by pirates, but a Navy official said it was “a false alarm.” Earlier, Italian port authorities in Rome said …

This is a partial transcript from “On the Record,” April 26, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST: Twenty-three-year-old specialist Robert Hornbeck had just returned from a year in Iraq and was celebrating with an Army buddy into the early hours of Easter Sunday. But when …

LONGMONT, Colo. – Dozens of high school students protested a temporary school policy forbidding students from displaying the U.S. flag — as well as flags from other countries — amid racial tensions following immigration rallies. Skyline High School Principal Tom Stumpf said American flags were brazenly waved in the faces …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a “super-modern flying boat” capable of evading radar. State TV showed a brief clip of the boat’s launch. “Due to its advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can detect it. It can lift out …

WASHINGTON – Republican Rep. John Sweeney‘s attendance at a college fraternity party has drawn criticism from Democrats who accused the New York lawmaker of using poor judgment. “What is a 50-year-old congressman doing at a frat party at 1 in the morning cavorting with students 30 years his junior? Teaching …

NEW YORK – New Yorkers were treated to a last gasp of winter Wednesday as big snowflakes fell on the metro area. The snow began around 11 a.m. in Manhattan. National Weather Service meteorologist Tim Morrin predicted it would result in no more than a dusting of white on grassy …

MEXICO CITY – It has been a trying week for Mexico-U.S. relations: a tense border confrontation between U.S. agents and apparent drug traffickers, a Mexican group’s offer to print maps of the Arizona desert for illegal migrants and an exchange of terse diplomatic notes. The administration of Mexican President Vicente …

DUBAI – Iran’s nuclear stand-off with the West, Iraq’s insurgency and an aging leadership in top Gulf producers have kept oil markets on edge over the stability of a region that supplies a fifth of global oil needs. Analysts say a dependence on oil revenue and ties with the United …