PHILADELPHIA -- The nation's governors got down to work Tuesday, taking their case to the president-elect for a $136 billion infrastructure spending program that they hope will funnel immediate government money toward bridges, roads and rail lines in the hopes of creating jobs and spurring the ...
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DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when its CEO appears before two legislative committees this week. Also, CEO Alan Mulally said he'll work for $1 per year if the automaker has to take any government loan money. Watch ...
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced his national security team Monday. Most of the headlines were reserved for Sen. Hillary Clinton, who was named as secretary of state. Obama retained Robert Gates as defense secretary and picked retired marine Gen. James Jones as White House national ...
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NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to New Delhi on Tuesday hoping to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. The three-day rampage by 10 Islamist gunmen in ...
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William Balfour, the only suspect so far named in the murders of Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew , has been officially charged with their homicides, the Cook County State's Attorney's office told MTV News on Tuesday (December 2). Balfour, 27, was charged at noon with three counts of ...
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The NFL suspended six players Tuesday -- including Deuce McAllister -- for four games each for violating the league's anti-doping policy. The players used a diuretic, which can serve as a masking agent for steroids. The suspended players include running back Deuce McAllister and defensive linemen ...
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EAST RUTHERFORD — Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games … the rest of the regular season … after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him ...
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