WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and lost consciousness, a Justice Department official said.    The 67-year-old Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where his condition was not immediately known.    Mukasey ...
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WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state as early as next week, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency. Obama transition aides described a process ...
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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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Baghdad - Thousands of demonstrators loyal to anti-US Shiite cleric Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr staged protests on Friday against the controversial US-Iraq security pact, a day after a heated debate on the agreement in the Iraqi parliament. Holding flags and chanting slogans, protestors flooded Firdous ...
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Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to adding a 30-day age limit to the state's safe-haven law. The original safe-haven law was intended to prevent newborns from being dumped in trash bins or worse. Every state has such a law, but Nebraska's is the only one that lacks an age limit. Since ...
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Recommended (6) Factcheck.org: DNC vs. McCain The Economy Sucks. But Is It ’92 Redux? Politics of Economic Stimulus Q&Amp;A: 'Big And Audacious' Capital Gridlock That Sinking Feeling (NEW YORK) With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of ...
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LIMA (PERU): Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) has come out strongly against any protectionist measures by any economy as a means to overcome the present global financial crisis. In its joint statement, Apec foreign and trade ministers said the grouping was committed to maintaining open ...
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