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Enron's Lay, Skilling convicted
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former Enron Corp. chiefs Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling were convicted on Thursday for lying to investors as the energy giant stumbled toward bankruptcy in 2001 in a stunning collapse that shook the country's faith in corporate America.
Bush orders Jefferson records sealed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Thursday ordered records seized from Louisiana Democratic Rep. William Jefferson's office to be sealed for 45 days to allow time to work out a dispute over the materials between the Justice Department and the House of Representatives.
Bush, Blair unlikely to set pullout plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were unlikely to set a timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq when they meet at the White House on Thursday to discuss the next steps in bringing order to the country, the White House said.
General urged use of dogs at Abu Ghraib: witness
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - The former commander of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay urged the use of dogs to the "maximum extent possible" to control detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, but did not order their use in interrogations, a witness said on Thursday.
Immigration bill nears passage in Senate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping immigration law overhaul that would toughen border security and give millions of illegal immigrants a path to U.S. citizenship headed for Senate passage on Thursday as backers prepared for a bruising battle with the House of Representatives.
John Snow to leave mid-June: report
"What we are now hearing from Republican sources in Washington is the likeliest scenario is that John Snow will leave sometime in the middle of the month of June," said John Harwood, national political editor of the Wall Street Journal, in a CNBC interview.
General to Marines: kill only when justified
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Marine Corps general flew to Iraq on Thursday to tell his troops they should kill "only when justified," as the U.S. military investigated whether Marines killed civilians in two incidents.
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