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KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Commentator and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan (search) cut short an appearance after an opponent of his conservative views doused him with salad dressing. “Stop the bigotry!” the demonstrator shouted as he hurled the liquid Thursday night during the program at Western Michigan University (search). The incident …

CHICAGO – Health insurer Aetna Inc. (AET) Thursday said quarterly profit rose 16 percent as it added new customers and hiked premiums. Better-than-expected customer gains and a stabilization of underlying medical cost increases drove Aetna to raise its full-year forecast above Wall Street expectations. As the managed health-care industry consolidates, …

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Legislator Bassel Fleihan (search) died in a Paris hospital Monday of wounds sustained in the Feb. 14 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (search), a Lebanese television channel reported. A former minister of the economy, Fleihan had been flown to France with severe burns days …