MUMBAI, India — India received a warning from the United States before last week's attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said today as domestic intelligence officials said they were aware of a Pakistan-based plot. Another U.S ...
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DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will tell Congress that it plans to return to a pretax profit or break even in 2011 when the Detroit Three automakers' CEOs appear before lawmakers this week to request $25 billion in government loans. Ford CEO Alan Mulally said he'll work for $1 per year if the company ...
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DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Ford Motor says its U.S. sales tumbled 30 percent in November amid a continued rapid deceleration in the nation's car market. The news came as the iconic Detroit automaker submitted a transformation plan to Congress, cancelling 2009 bonuses for most workers and requesting a $9 ...
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(AP) WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference, nominating one-time political nemesis Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state. Obama’s announcements include ...
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York hospital worker was suspended for failing to report the gunshot wound of NFL star Plaxico Burress, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN Monday. New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress arrives at the 17th police precinct in Manhattan on Monday. The spokeswoman, Kathy Robinson ...
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after weeks of protests closed the capital's airports, stranding 300,000 travelers. Protesters promised to lift their siege, and international flights were expected to resume Friday. The resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat ...
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Former first lady Barbara Bush has been released from a Houston hospital a week after undergoing ulcer surgery. A spokeswoman for Methodist Hospital says the former first lady was discharged Tuesday morning. She's in good condition and recovering as expected. Bush, 83, was hospitalized a week ago ...
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