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WASHINGTON – Digital television offers the promise of super-sharp pictures and better sound, and there’s now a firm deadline for broadcasters to complete the transition to all-digital signals. Legislation passed by the Senate on Wednesday would require broadcasters to end their traditional analog transmissions by Feb. 17, 2009, and send …

HOUSTON – A prime defendant in the Enron Corp. criminal trial has struck a plea deal with prosecutors, potentially bolstering the government’s case against company founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. Richard Causey was expected to plead guilty Wednesday afternoon …

WASHINGTON – The House and Senate face tricky negotiations on two very different versions of a tax cut called for months ago but getting renewed attention in a year-end scramble to clear the congressional agenda. Multiple factors conspired to delay this year’s tax work. Hurricane Katrina blew pending tax bills …