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NEW YORK – Samsung Electronics Co. moved Thursday to address image-quality concerns noted by some reviewers of its high-definition Blu-ray disc player, the first on the market, saying it would make production changes. A review in this month’s issue of Sound & Vision magazine noted that movies played back on …

VIENNA, Austria – A senior Iranian envoy abruptly announced Wednesday that last-ditch talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program were postponed, moving Tehran a step closer to U.N. sanctions after it defied a deadline to freeze uranium enrichment. The talks had been tentatively set for Wednesday in Vienna as a …

AMMAN, Jordan – A Jordanian military court convicted eight militants Wednesday of plotting to kill U.S. troops in Iraq and Americans and Israelis in Jordan. The court handed down sentences of between two and 10 years’ imprisonment. The alleged mastermind of the plot, Ahmad Shabaneh, 37, a Jordanian of Palestinian …

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Capitol Police have a new chief. Congressional officials have named 43-year-old Phillip Morse to succeed acting Chief Christopher McGaffin, who’s retiring. McGaffin replaced Terrance Gainer, who resigned last spring. Morse is a 21-year veteran of the agency. He’s scheduled to start his new job Monday. The …

Hi Everyone! This morning, we continued to follow the incredibly sad story out of Pennsylvania, where five Amish little girls were gunned down in their school two days ago. Now, turns out a group of protesters from a radical church in the Midwest may disrupt the funeral services. More to …

TOKYO – The United States will deploy four launch pads for Patriot interceptor missiles in Okinawa in southern Japan, a news report said Monday. The U.S. announced in July it would set up Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles at Kadena Air Base and Kadena Ammunition Storage Area, both on Okinawa, following …

Dear Friends, Try bringing up this fun financial factoid at the dinner table: Women are almost twice more likely than men to have a secret stash of money hidden from a spouse.* That’s just one of the findings of the “Women, Money & Power” survey conducted by insurance giant Allianz …

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea and the United States expressed a united front Thursday against North Korea’s nuclear test and support of U.N. sanctions, but there were no signs that Seoul would immediately move to adopt Washington’s hard-line approach to dealing with Pyongyang. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice …

JERUSALEM – Israeli troops killed seven Palestinian gunmen in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and set up a makeshift detention center just outside the territory, part of a military offensive aimed a stopping rocket fire on Israel during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. On Saturday afternoon, aircraft fired …

WASHINGTON – President Bush spent 15 minutes on the phone with Iraq’s prime minister Monday to assure him the United States is not pulling out of that country any time soon, nor forcing a deadline for Baghdad to rein in the daily attacks claiming scores of Iraqi civilians each week. …