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MIAMI – Cuban bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89. Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill in the past week and died surrounded by family members at Coral Gables Hospital, spokesman Nelson …

WASHINGTON – President Bush’s motorcade had a minor accident Sunday when the ambulance that routinely trails the president in case of an emergency crashed into a support vehicle on the way back from Camp David. Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry said no one was injured and the motorcade did not …

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld acknowledged Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has been stronger than anticipated. But he also said the news media have focused on the war’s growing body count rather than progress that has been achieved. “To be responsible, one needs to stop defining success …