This morning, the Associated Press reported that Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat. In a late morning press conference, however, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin ...
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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, Jan 6 (Reuters) Democrats sealed their increased control of the US Congress today with the swearing in of newly elected members expected to help enact President-elect Barack Obama's call for a massive economic stimulus package. Gavels sounded at about noon EST (2230 hrs IST ), opening ...
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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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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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BOSTON -- Citgo, the Venezuelan government's U.S.-based oil subsidiary, reversed course Wednesday and said it will continue shipments of heating oil to poor families in the United States. Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy, head of the Boston-based nonprofit which distributes the fuel, said Venezuelan ...
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Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu was suspended by the NHL on Wednesday for two games without pay for biting Buffalo Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters. The NHL said Ruutu will lose $37,707 in pay and miss Ottawa's game at Boston on Thursday and a home game against the New York Rangers on Saturday ...
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