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WASHINGTON – Unheeded warnings, poor planning and apathy in recognizing the scope of Hurricane Katrina‘s destruction led to the slow emergency response from the White House down to local parishes, a House investigation concludes. The 600-page report by a special Republican-dominated House inquiry into one of the worst natural disasters …

LOS ANGELES – Researchers scouring the remote forests of the African island nation of Madagascar have found that tiny assassin spiders, grotesque-looking bugs that prey on other spiders, are more diverse than previously thought. The newly discovered species could shed light on how assassin spiders evolved, and perhaps point scientists …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s higher education minister escaped unharmed Wednesday from a car bomb attack on his convoy that lightly wounded three of his bodyguards, a ministry spokesman said. The attack on independent Shiite lawmaker Sami al-Mudafar was the second attempt on his life in the past two years. The …