George Washington University Hospital, where Attorney General Michael Mukasey was taken after collapsing during a speech, is seen in the early morning hours Friday, Nov. 21, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was conscious and alert ...
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Wall Street is experiencing some relief, with stocks opening sharply higher, following a report that a pounded-down Citigroup Inc. might put itself up for sale. That prospect and moves by bargain-hunters after two days of steep selling is helping stocks show a rebound in the first ...
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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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WASHINGTON — Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out. The economic picture was getting worse, if Wall ...
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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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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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Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner was arrested outside city hall this morning on a federal warrant.    FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz said Turner’ s arrest is connected to the investigation into former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, D-Roxbury, who resigned Wednesday after being indicted on ...
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