WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday that his proposals to jump-start the economy must also build a stronger nation in the long run. Obama said the size of the stimulus package hasn't yet been settled in discussions with lawmakers, but it would likely be on the ...
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Israel's main ally, the United States, joined Europe in urging it on Wednesday to accept an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire and curtail its 12-day-old offensive in Gaza, where fighting resumed after a three-hour truce. As its assault continued after a three-hour pause to let aid agencies distribute ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush met successor Barack Obama for the second time at the White House on Wednesday ahead of a lunch with all living U.S. presidents some two weeks before Obama's inauguration. Bush, a Republican, and Obama, a Democrat, were expected to discuss the crisis ...
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Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat, according to the Associated Press. Spokespersons for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin are denying the report. ( See update below ...
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Joe Wurzelbacher, dubbed "Joe the Plumber" by the McCain campaign. TOLEDO, Ohio — Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook. The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the ...
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Good morning. Boston College's Jeff Jagodzinski has interviewed with the New York Jets. The question isn't whether he will get the job but whether he will get fired from the one he has. BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo told his coach that if he interviewed the school would terminate his contract ...
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Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson recommended replacing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with utility- like companies that would guarantee mortgages without maintaining investment portfolios. “A public utility-like mortgage credit guarantor could be the best way to resolve the ...
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