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LOS ANGELES – Actor Brad Pitt (search) has been diagnosed with a mild case of viral meningitis and was released from the hospital Wednesday, his publicist said. Pitt, 41, checked himself into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Monday night complaining of flu-like symptoms. He went home Wednesday afternoon, publicist Cindy Guagenti …

The White House said Monday it expects North Korea (search) to come back to six-party talks, scheduled later this month, with a serious response to an offer of economic incentives to dismantle its nuclear facilities. That offer was made before talks broke off last year. Click to the right to …

WASHINGTON – Weeks after the Veterans Affairs Department acknowledged a major shortfall in its health care budget, members of the House and Senate agreed Tuesday to provide $1.5 billion to close the gap. Negotiators for the two chambers settled on the amount already approved by the Senate — which comes …