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NEW YORK – Stocks ended mixed to lower Friday, but the losses were not enough tobreak Wall Street’s winning streak of seven consecutive positive weeks. The Dow Jones industrial averagecloseddown40.31 points at 8804.84. The Nasdaq Composite indexfinished higher1.19 pointsat 1468.74, while the broader Standard & Poor’s 500 indexendeddown 3.21 pointsat …

WASHINGTON – Though there has been a lot of hoopla over House and Senate races, the gubernatorial races are a key part of election 2002 and Democrats are feeling very confident about their chance to make big gains this season. That hasn’t stopped President Bush from making a last stand …

WASHINGTON – While President Bush kept a low profile after Republican gains in Tuesday’s elections, the White House weighed how to take advantage of GOP control of both houses of Congress. Following the election that will switch the Senate to GOP control in January, the president stayed out of sight …