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WASHINGTON – A new federal regulation making it easier for law enforcement to tap Internet phone calls is being challenged in court. Privacy and technology groups asked the federal appeals court in Washington on Tuesday to overturn a Federal Communications Commission rule that expands wiretapping laws to cover Internet calls …

GENEVA – U.N. human rights investigators, citing “persistent and credible” reports of torture at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay (search), urged the United States on Thursday to allow them to check conditions there. The failure of the United States to respond to requests since early 2002 is leading the …

NEW YORK – Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY), the No. 1 U.S. electronics chain, Tuesday reported its quarterly profit jumped 85 percent, handily topping Wall Street estimates, on strong sales of MP3 music players, digital TVs and video games and fewer sales promotions. Shares of Best Buy (search), which reported …