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DALLAS – Shareholders of Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) gathered Wednesday for the oil company’s annual meeting while demonstrators wearing oil drums protested that the company is helping retard action against global warming. Shareholders were scheduled to take up several resolutions from dissident shareholders on environmental and executive compensation issues. Some …

OAKLAND, Calif. – The agonizing wait is over for Barry Bonds. He and the Babe are even at 714. Bonds tied Babe Ruth for second place on the career home run list Saturday, ending a nine-game homerless stretch with a shot into the first deck of the elevated stands in …

CHICAGO – British Prime Minister Tony Blair is due in Washington to meet with President Bush just days after making a trip to Iraq to see new government leaders there, the White House announced Monday. White House spokesman Tony Snow did not provide details, such as which day the pair …