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Yolanda King, eldest child of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51.

Jean Saubert, who won two skiing medals for the United States in the 1964 Olympics, has died. She was 65.

STRUGGLE CONTINUES ON IMMIGRATION DEAL. Senate Republicans and Democrats struggled yesterday over final details of a deal that would fortify the border and grant quick legal status to millions of illegal immigrants living here. Among the sticking points were how much family ties should count toward green cards for future immigrants and how to treat new temporary guest workers, who for the most part would probably be barred from gaining permanent residency. The emerging compromise among senators and the White House would set the stage for a Senate debate next week.

For a mail carrier looking to escape dog bites, New York City is the place to go, and California is the place to avoid.

Former mayor, boosted by speaking fees following 9/11 and consulting business, discloses his assets.

After a day of mixed signals over her Iraq position, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday backed an unsuccessful Democratic effort to cut off war spending in 2008 - prompting a presidential rival to accuse her of "word games" and waffling.

Congressional Democrats yesterday announced agreement on a $2.9 trillion budget blueprint for 2008, promising a budget surplus in five years, but only by allowing some of President George W. Bush's tax cuts to expire.

Poverty campaigner and spouse earned $29M in '06; Obama got a big boost from a pair of bestsellers.

Voter dissatisfaction with some top-tier presidential contenders and the extreme partisanship dividing the major parties has spawned a Web-based movement to field a bipartisan ticket and fueled speculation about a possible self-financed bid by billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

It's the sound of one hand slapping.