WASHINGTON — Former president Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help his wife, Sen Hillary Clinton, become secretary of state, people familiar with the presidential transition process said yesterday. Meanwhile, a source close to the process involving president-elect Barack Obama’s ...
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LOS ANGELES -Chrysler and General Motors are still showing off their newest vehicles at the Los Angeles Auto Show, but their displays were noticeably quiet Wednesday while Asian and European companies unveiled new models that will likely chip away at the U.S. market share. Casting a shadow on the ...
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Reporting from San Francisco - Unable to rescue the Internet giant he co-founded from its worst decline since the dot-com bust, Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang said Monday that he planned to step down as soon as he could find a successor. Yang took over for Terry Semel, a former Hollywood ...
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Should the federal government bail out the U.S. auto industry’s Big Three? WASHINGTON -- Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse ...
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Love to listen to the morning news and compare it with reality... Of course the story broke last night of the pending indictment of Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales on charges of their involvement in the use of prison labor for profit (considered acceptable and legal) and fun (torturing prisoners ...
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Neshek has Tommy John surgery Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia easily wins AL MVP award Dempster, Cubs agree to $52 million, 4-year deal Today's AL MVP vote will be fractured Who should be the American League MVP? NEW YORK - Boston's Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award Tuesday, becoming the first second ...
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The Indian navy said Wednesday its warship dedicated to fighting pirates had successfully fought off an attempted pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden, but it was a rare victory in a snowballing battle against Somalia's emboldened pirates. An official press release said a suspected pirate ship with two ...
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