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WASHINGTON – Insurance companies can’t promise full coverage for property damage from a terror attack without federal help, industry leaders told a House panel Tuesday. But nearly five years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, lawmakers warned the industry that Congress cannot remain a last-resort insurer for terrorism-related losses. At …

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 …