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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Eight members of a Shiite (search) family, including a 2-year-old, were shot to death in their sleep early Sunday, police said. The father suspected it was a sectarian crime. Residents of the eastern Baghdad neighborhood of Baladiyat (search) discovered the bodies early Sunday, said Col. Ahmed al-Alawi, …

WASHINGTON – Hurricane Katrina (search) showed the need for government and private health care providers to keep track of elderly and disabled residents and have detailed evacuation plans for them in place, advocates told senators on Wednesday. “Of all the tragedies in this Katrina episode, I think the most disgraceful …

WASHINGTON – Does the Web need an industrial-strength news search engine? Neal Goldman of Inform Technologies thinks it does and rolled one out Monday morning. Although he concedes Inform.com (search) still needs usability and development work, Goldman said the goal is to help visitors create their own newspaper with stories …