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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece – The flame for the Aug. 8-24 Beijing Olympics was lit Monday using the sun’s rays at a ceremony in Ancient Olympia. The event was briefly disrupted by three protesters from the Paris-based press freedom group Reporters Without Borders. The protesters ran onto the field while Liu …

WASHINGTON – Good short-term prospects for the U.S. economy should not distract from huge looming fiscal strains that pose “significant” economic risks, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday in a renewed warning on budget deficits. The departing U.S. central bank chief said while U.S. spending on defense and …

VERNON, N.J. – As opponents turned out to denounce them, hunters killed more than 50 bears Monday at the start of a state-authorized hunt aimed at thinning New Jersey’s burgeoning bear population. The hunt, restricted to the state’s northwestern corner and open to about 4,400 hunters with permits, got under …