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WASHINGTON – Top officials failed to properly investigate allegations of a kickback and expense account fraud scheme by Border Patrol (search) agents in an inquiry that appeared to whitewash the potential involvement of higher ups, says a government watchdog agency. The report sent to Congress and President Bush (search) by …

CANTON, Mass. – A family court judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for singer Bobby Brown (search) after he failed to appear for a child support hearing. Brown’s local attorney told the judge that the singer became ill and was taken to a hospital in Atlanta, but was unable to …

CANBERRA, Australia – The embassies of the United States and four other countries with troops in Iraq were closed Thursday in the Australian capital after they received envelopes containing white powder, authorities said. The packages also were sent to the embassies of Britain, Japan, Italy and South Korea. Tests showed …