Associated Press Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton campaigns for Barack Obama in St. Charles, Mo., earlier in the month. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, the New York Times is reporting , citing two sources in the New York ...
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Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a bill that adds a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law led to the abandonment of nearly three dozen children, including some teenagers as old as 17. The law goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has signed a ...
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WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael Mukasey has left a hospital and is heading back to work at the Justice Department with "clean bill of health" following his collapse at a Washington dinner. Shortly after 11 a.m. Central, Mukasey left the hospital with his wife, Susan. Asked how he felt, the ...
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WASHINGTON - The Bush administration sharply criticized Democrats in Congress on Friday for taking a recess without approving a multibillion-dollar lifeline for the Big Three U.S. automakers. "It is appalling that Congress decided to leave town without addressing a problem that they themselves said ...
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MILWAUKEE - The Knicks have acquired Al Harrington from the Warriors in exchange for Jamal Crawford, a trade geared more to getting under the salary cap for 2010 than to help the present. Crawford, who was told by his agent, Aaron Goodwin, Thursday night he could be moved in a trade with Golden ...
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A student has been wounded in a shooting at a residence hall at Savannah State University. University spokeswoman Loretta Heyward says the shooting happened between 11 a.m. and noon Friday at the historically black college on Savannah’s south side. She says campus officials don’t know whether ...
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President Bush signed an extension of jobless benefits into law on Friday morning, the White House said, a day after the Senate approved a House bill. The new law extends benefits by seven weeks. It also extends them for 13 weeks in states with unemployment rates higher ...
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