For weeks, an unknown number of U.S. Special Forces troops have been involved in the effort that drove al Qaeda fighters out of the Tora Bora area.

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The bill's failure already has caused a steep drop in stocks and a plunge in prices of Treasury securities as investors flee the unknown for the seeming safety of U.S. government debt.

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Amevive is the first treatment for psoriasis, a skin disease that affects some 4 million patients in the U.S. It occurs because patients' immune systems run amok for unknown reasons, causing painful lesions and rashes.

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U.S. intelligence reports indicated Pyongyang was taking steps to prepare for a launch, but the timing was unknown.

NPR: Bush Calls for Unity, Condemns North Korean Tests