The Bush administration has declined to cite China for manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages against the United States.

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Consumers still want different types of beers, but for a growing number with empty pockets, that means less expensive ones, the chief executive of Miller Brewing Co. said Thursday.

Launching a congressional critique of China, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday that persistent, peaceful dialogue is paying off in aligning Beijing with the United States on several major world fronts.

Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from the hunt for survivors to dealing with the dead. Officials said the final toll could more than double to 50,000.

The H.J. Heinz Co. says it's giving $350,000 in cash and in-kind services to earthquake relief efforts in China.

The U.S. women's team will play Brazil, its conqueror in last year's World Cup, in two exhibition games this summer.

After days of refusing foreign relief workers, China has accepted offers from four countries to send in rescue teams.

Tang Xiaomin had just left her fourth-floor apartment to buy groceries when the building started crumbling around her. An upstairs neighbor was thrown against the kitchen table and grabbed her purse before rushing out. Another resident, who was expecting a baby, was resting and became trapped.

The Jacksonville Jaguars gave defensive tackle Rob Meier a bigger contract to go along with his bigger role.