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WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- The Bush administration told the CIA in 2002 a U.S. torture ban would not be violated unless an interrogator meant to cause "severe pain," a rights group said.

PORTLAND, Ore., July 24 (UPI) -- A Portland, Ore., judge has fined a police officer $35 after he parked his patrol car in a no-parking zone while he ate at a restaurant.

SEATTLE, July 24 (UPI) -- Two Seattle-area cement plants spew about 100 pounds of toxic mercury into the atmosphere annually, a report by two environmental groups indicated.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- U.S. House Democrats Thursday failed to move legislation releasing oil from the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

GREEN BAY, Wis., July 24 (UPI) -- Support for ex-Packers quarterback Brett Favre was lacking Thursday when more than 9,000 team shareholders held their annual meeting in Green Bay, Wis.

PONTIAC, Mich., July 24 (UPI) -- A young Michigan man who was convicted at the age of 11 of second-degree murder faces a felony drug charge.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Polygamous groups are criminal gangs that commit welfare fraud and tax evasion as well as sexual abuse, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. may get a green light on their merger if they pay about $20 million in fines, sources said.

ST. LOUIS, July 24 (UPI) -- Political observers say they wonder if Republican John McCain would continue his tradition of not taking positions on alcohol issues if he is elected president.

NEW YORK, July 24 (UPI) -- A pair of University of Southern California students said they are spending their summer performing a scene from "Romeo and Juliet" on a New York subway train.

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DENVER, July 24 (UPI) -- A top campaign staffer for Barack Obama says tickets to his acceptance speech in Denver will go to activists who will then be energized for further work.

BAGHDAD, July 24 (UPI) -- Iraqi employees working for the U.S. government in Iraq are eligible for a special immigrant visa under a new program announced Thursday.

LONDON, July 24 (UPI) -- A British art-lover said she hired a 3D art expert to create an all-grass reproduction of the Mona Lisa on her home's lawn.

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BAGHDAD, July 24 (UPI) -- More than 1,000 humanitarian groups issued an appeal Thursday to support the Iraqi non-governmental agency communities who have little support from Baghdad.

BEIJING, July 24 (UPI) -- As the situation in Iraq moves from conflict to reconstruction, the market opportunities are increasingly attractive to China, an Iraqi envoy said.

MOSCOW, July 24 (UPI) -- Many analysts expected Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who visited Moscow on July 22, to sign new agreements in military-technical cooperation, but this did not happen.

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DETROIT, July 24 (UPI) -- The campaigns of U.S. presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have opened offices in Michigan, where the race is neck-and-neck, polls indicate.