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WASHINGTON – The national Democratic and Republican parties are pouring millions of dollars into the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races, hoping the November elections will determine more than the top state government executives in those states for the next four years. National party operatives on both sides of the …

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – Trucks carrying more than 100 American soldiers and the U.S. Army’s only remaining MASH (search) unit trundled into this quake-ravaged city Monday on a mission Washington hopes will help generate goodwill among Pakistanis. The Oct. 8 earthquake (search) killed an estimated 79,000 people. Many of the injured …

HARTFORD, Conn. – After receiving their civil union license Saturday, Lidia Agramonte and Maria Gomez had all the same rights as a married couple in Connecticut. But they couldn’t find words to describe their union. “The hardest thing is, what do you call yourself, civilized?” said Agramonte, 47, a social …