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POMEROY, Wash. – A 48,000-acre wildfire (search) in southeastern Washington has destroyed more than 100 homes, ranging from modest summer cabins to full-time residences, a spokeswoman said Friday. The fire was about 40 percent contained, and firefighters were getting some relief as temperatures dropped and humidity rose in the region, …

NEW YORK – Count Basie (search), Ella Fitzgerald (search) and Benny Goodman (search) head this year’s class of 12 inductees to the Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame, which opened last fall at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new home in the Time Warner Center. The other 2005 inductees, announced Monday, …

WASHINGTON – The Bush administration should release all of Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito‘s internal Justice Department documents before confirmation hearings begin next month, Senate Democrats said Tuesday. The documents “will be important in evaluating Judge Alito’s nomination,” the eight Judiciary Committee Democrats said in a letter to Attorney General …