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The United States launched missile and bombing attacks against Iraq and personally targeted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, news services reported, as a prelude to a U.S.-led invasion.

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The United States-led coalition began massive air and artillery strikes in Iraq Thursday afternoon, news services reported.

Lawmakers have introduced legislation in the House and Senate that would allow cargo airline pilots to carry guns.

Three members of Maine's congressional delegation have introduced legislation that would allow heavier trucks to travel on Interstate 95 in order "to enhance safety, lower maintenance costs and promote economic development," according to Rep. Michael Michaud.

The price of crude oil traded in New York closed below $30 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time in 3 months, news services said, as oil continued a sharp selloff linked to expectations that the U.S. faceoff with Iraq would end soon with an easy U.S. victory.

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Bush administration plan to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), voting 52-48 to strip the provision from a budget resolution, the Associated Press reported.

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U.S. Cities Step Up Security Ahead of War • Tie-ups Already Seen at Canadian Border • Mexico Deploys Troops to Border • U.S. Advances to Iraqi Border as Deadline Looms •

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