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WASHINGTON – More than four years after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. intelligence agencies still are failing to share information while Congress battles over security funding, a panel that investigated the terrorist hijackings will conclude in a new report. In interviews Friday, members of the former Sept. 11 commission said …

WASHINGTON – Iran is closing in on production of nuclear weapons and even U.N. sanctions may not deter the aggressive government in Tehran, a top State Department official said Friday. Describing the Iranian government as “very aggressive, very determined to develop nuclear weapons,” Robert Joseph, undersecretary for arms control and …

SEATTLE – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Friday it has severed ties with Ralph Reed (search), a conservative Republican lobbyist who once headed the Christian Coalition and is now running for lieutenant governor of Georgia. “It would not be appropriate to have a consultant on retainer that is seeking elective office …