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WASHINGTON – House taxwriters advanced an $8 billion package of energy tax breaks Wednesday, including measures aimed at spurring construction of electricity transmission lines (search) in hopes of reducing the likelihood of future blackouts. The tax provisions, many of which would help energy companies, will be merged with non-tax energy …

NEW YORK – It’s time to “Meet the Fockers” (search) — again. The new DVD out Tuesday is packed with 65 bloopers and a version of the movie extended 15 minutes. Why so much extra footage? Director Jay Roach (search) says method acting gone awry is to blame. “We were …

AUSTIN, Texas – House members who approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage (search) got a cool reception from one constituent — 10-year-old Kimberly Norman. “I don’t think that they’re opening their eyes to look at the world to see everything,” the fifth-grader, who is being raised by two women …