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WASHINGTON – The Senate was slated to vote to confirm CIA director-nominee Michael Hayden on Friday, installing a veteran of intelligence controversies and four-star general atop the civilian spy agency. Hayden is currently the top deputy to National Intelligence Director John Negroponte. Hayden, 61, would be the first active-duty or …

LOS ANGELES – Two women took out millions of dollars in life insurance on two homeless men who later died in mysterious hit-and-run crashes, and investigators want to know whether the women were behind the wheel. Helen Golay, 75, and Olga Rutterschmidt, 72, were arrested and jailed Thursday on fraud …

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at a militant training base in the southern Gaza Strip late Wednesday, Palestinian security and witnesses said. There was no immediate word of casualties. Countrywatch: Israel Palestinian security officials said the base, in the evacuated Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, …