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NEW YORK – Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) on Tuesday agreed to acquire privately held Conwood for $3.5 billion, expanding the second biggest U.S. cigarette maker’s reach into the smokeless-tobacco market. Conwood, which makes Kodiak snuff and Levi Garrett chewing tobacco, had 2005 sales of more than $450 million and operating …

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Two U.S. Marines were killed and 22 wounded — two of them critically — in fighting in western Iraq, the U.S. military said Saturday. It was the biggest number of American casualties reported from a single engagement in weeks. A U.S. statement said the casualties were suffered …

WASHINGTON – Parishioners won’t find styrofoam at Towson Presbyterian Church, but they will notice shade-grown coffee, an ink cartridge-for-paper exchange and a recycling program led by the nursery school. This weekend, the church will focus on God’s creation for “Earth Day Sunday,” a special service many churches now celebrate in …