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WASHINGTON – Risking broad penalties for their residents, lawmakers in several states are fighting implementation of the Real ID Act, a federal measure that seeks to prevent non-compliant cardholders from boarding airplanes or entering federal facilities. Opponents say national standards for drivers’ licenses would be a costly creep into the …

HOUSTON – Astronauts aboard NASA’s shuttle Endeavour and the international space station will haul cargo between their two spacecraft Friday and gear up for a weekend spacewalk outside the orbital laboratory. Led by teacher-turned-spaceflyer Barbara Morgan and astronaut Alvin Drew Jr., the 10 astronauts aboard ISS and Endeavour are stepping …

Ten million dollars. That’s what Bardia Persa, creator of the new Web site ParisExposed.com, says he paid a broker for the contents of Paris Hilton’s storage unit — which contained, among other things, a prescription for the antibiotic doxycycline — which among other things, is used to treat venereal disease. …