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Returning to Iowa, where polls show him contending for first place in next week's caucuses, Ron Paul studiously ignored a barrage of news media questions Wednesday about fresh attacks from rivalsMitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, including over incendiary newsletters published under his name in the 1990s.

The 76-year-old candidate was trailed by a throng of reporters pressing him for a response to Gingrich's latest attack in a TV interview Tuesday, which described Paul as too extreme to merit his vote were he to become the GOPnominee, and Romney's swipe at Paul's refusal to advocate a tough policy toward Iran's nuclear program.

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The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 special licenses to American companies over the past decade so they could sell some types of products in Iran and other countries the U.S. considers terrorist sponsors, The New York Times reported Thursday. Companies such as Kraft Food and Pepsi and some of the largest U.S. banks benefited, the newspaper said. Most licenses were granted under a law allowing trade in humanitarian goods, even if that ended up including products as diverse as...

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The Government Accountability Office threw up its hands when asked to issue an opinion on the Treasury Department's government-wide financial statements for 2010, citing particular concerns about Medicare projections.

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A small Kansas town that has found a creative way to tap the pockets of taxpayers and businesses for road improvements is being sued by two local churches who argue that the city is taxing church attendance.

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Newly released documents show the special prosecutor in the Watergate case had an "extreme interest" in investigating Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions.

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