WASHINGTON— What a difference a week makes. On Dec. 30, after Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed Roland Burris to the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid and assistant leader Dick Durbin of Illinois said no, plain and simple. They declared, "Anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich cannot be an ...
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Correspondent Josh Mitnick discusses where the Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza could be headed. Tel Aviv - Israel held its fire on Hamas for three hours Wednesday afternoon, allowing strained Gazans to restock food and medical supplies, to ease a deepening humanitarian crisis that has led to a storm ...
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WASHINGTON – The Bush administration said today it will not issue tough new fuel economy rules for cars and trucks, letting the Obama administration decide how to balance requirements for more efficient models with the massive costs in a struggling industry. In a statement, the U.S. Department of ...
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MOSCOW, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Wednesday approved a proposal by the state-run gas monopoly Gazprom to completely cut off supplies to Europe via Ukraine. During a meeting with Putin in the northern city of St. Petersburg, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller proposed to ...
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Boston College fired Jeff Jagodzinski on Wednesday, days after he was warned of dismissal if he interviewed for the coaching job with the New York Jets. BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo told Jagodzinski on Saturday that his job would be in jeopardy if he went through with the Jets interview ...
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Health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak that reportedly has sickened nearly 400 people in 42 states, but they do not yet know exactly how the bacteria has been spreading. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not named all the states, but Ohio health officials have ...
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A man who claimed to have a bomb aboard a Los Angeles-bound airliner and lunged for a door as it landed was tackled by other passengers and held for questioning Wednesday, authorities said. Nobody was hurt and no other flights were disrupted. Delta Air Lines Flight 110 from Atlanta was only minutes ...
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