Attorney General Michael Mukasey was rushed to the hospital for medical attention after he collapsed while holding a speech on Thursday night. The 67-year-old Attorney General lost conscious as he was speaking to the audience. Mukasey, a retired federal judge from New York City, had already spoken ...
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The Associated Press reported late Thursday that President-elect Barack Obama is expected to officially offer the post of secretary of state to his former primary rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, just after Thanksgiving, according to “an aide to the transition.” The transition aide told The ...
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WASHINGTON — With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits. The Senate this week is expected to take up a bill, already passed by the ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Leading retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Friday that Lee Scott will step down after nine years as chief executive and be replaced by Mike Duke, head of the company's international operations. Scott will remain as chairman of the executive committee of the board and will ...
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Wall Street found some relief Friday from a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect, along with the possibility that low prices will draw in bargain-hunters after two days of steep selling, sent stock futures sharply higher. The market ...
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The head of world's largest oil tanker company is calling for a multinational military force to protect ships from pirates off the Somali coast. Martin Jensen, acting chief executive of Frontline Ltd, is warning Friday that the shipper may divert its cargo shipments away from the treacherous Gulf of ...
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — One touchdown drive, one field goal drive. That’s all the Cincinnati Bengals’ Ocho Cinco-less offense managed against the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense and, given the numbers, that was more than fitting. This Steelers defense is all about being first: No. 1 in the NFL in ...
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