WASHINGTON (CBS) ― Obama has named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, CBS has learned. CBS News has also confirmed that Sen. Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the offer to join President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet as secretary of state, according to a senior ...
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U.S. stocks finish solidly higher on report President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Timothy Geithner to be the nation's Treasury secretary. See full story. Geithner, Clinton, Richardson tapped for key Obama posts Reaching out to veteran policy-makers in a troubled economic climate, President ...
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After appealing to Congress for financial support, the country’s “Big Three” automotive manufacturers, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, were all left without solid answers from Congress Thursday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that Congress would return ...
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U.S. President George W. Bush, center, with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada, at the APEC Summit in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson) (Lawrence Jackson - AP) U.S. President George W. Bush, left, with President Hu ...
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Photo By The Associated Press Ohio State running back Daniel Herron (1) breaks away from the Michigan defense for a touchdown during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio. Photo By The Associated Press Ohio State's Malcolm Jenkins, left ...
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BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Authorities said a hunter's stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department said a 43-year-old woman fired her rifle at a deer on Thursday but the bullet penetrated a wall and grazed the boys -- ages 3 and 5 ...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator. The guild said it adjourned talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and ...
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