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New Home Sales Slowest in at Least a Half-Century

WASHINGTON -- Home construction in the United States is all but coming to a halt. Americans are on track to buy fewer new homes than in any year since the government began keeping data almost a half-century ago. Sales are now just half the pace of 1963 - even though there are 120 million more people in the United States...

Ariz. Senate Rejects Illegal Immigration Bills

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Senate soundly defeated five bills aimed at illegal immigration on Thursday in a marked departure from last year, when enactment of a tough local enforcement measure put the state at the heart of a fierce national debate over the issue. Majority Republicans were split in their votes on the defeated...

EU to Apply Stress Tests on Its Nuclear Plants

BRUSSELS -- Shocked into action by Japan's atomic crisis, European energy officials agreed Tuesday to apply stress tests on nuclear power plants and Germany moved to switch off seven aging reactors - one of them permanently. The European Union's energy chief called for a reassessment of the 27-nation bloc's energy policy,...

Japan Disaster Reignites Nuclear Debate Around the World

LONDON -- Japanese authorities are battling to stop radiation from leaking from Fukushima's quake-ravaged atomic power plant. But the economic and political fallout from the disaster has already spread far beyond the Land of the Rising Sun. Governments in Europe and Asia are tearing up or reviewing plans to build new...

The Sahara Casino, a Vegas Classic, Will Close in May

LAS VEGAS -- The venerable Sahara Hotel & Casino, the place where everyone from Johnny Carson to Cher has performed and the scene of countless landmarks in Vegas and show business history, will close on May 15, its owner announced today. The 59-year-old staple of the Strip and long-ago Rat Pack magnet is "no longer...