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NEW YORK – Two former employees in the city medical examiner’s office were charged with embezzling millions of dollars intended to help identify victims of the World Trade Center attack. Natarajan R. Venkataram, 41, and Rosa Abreu, 38, were arrested Wednesday. “These defendants breached their positions of trust and responsibility …

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Wednesday directed federal agencies to be more efficient in dealing with requests for government information, but he left in place a four-year-old policy that restricts access under the Freedom of Information Act. Bush signed an executive order that calls on agencies to take several consumer-friendly …

NEW YORK – A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman while posing as a firefighter was charged with kidnapping, sexual abuse and other offenses, authorities said Sunday. Peter Braunstein, 42, also is charged with burglary and robbery in the Halloween attack, said Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau’s spokeswoman Barbara …