By The Seattle Times Feb. 24--A chief executive who sells 2 percent of his company stock hardly seems like a big deal. Except when the CEO is Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com's largest shareholder, who recently sold a chunk of stock for the first time in years.

By Daniel Scarpinato, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 12--PHOENIX -- Saying it's the "right time to move on," U.S. Rep. John Shadegg, a Phoenix-area Republican, announced Monday he's retiring from the congressional seat he has held for 13 years.

By David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The House opened a full-throated debate on Tuesday over the Iraq war as lawmakers began considering a resolution to denounce President Bush's plan to add troops.

By DAVID ESPO WASHINGTON - Democrats relentlessly assailed President Bush's policy in Iraq as a catastrophic failure Tuesday as the House plunged into momentous debate on a war that has lost public support and cost more than 3,100 U.S. troops their lives.

Democrats relentlessly assailed President Bush's policy in Iraq as a catastrophic failure Tuesday as the House plunged into momentous debate on a war that has lost public support and cost more than 3,100 U.S. troops their lives.