WASHINGTON - Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them. The Senate vote came just hours after the White House said President George W. Bush was concerned about people losing their ...
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AP – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif, second from left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill … WASHINGTON – Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make ...
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WASHINGTON -- Eric Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama's likely choice for U.S. attorney general, in 1999 penned the first federal legal guidelines for prosecuting corporations and has spent the last several years representing large companies for a leading Washington law firm. Mr. Holder, if ...
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FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The Army has set a date for its first execution in nearly 50 years. The military said Thursday that former North Carolina soldier Ronald A. Gray is to be executed Dec. 10 at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. He was convicted of multiple rapes and murders ...
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General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli and Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally wait to testify before the House Finincial Services Committee. WASHINGTON - Congressional officials say Democratic leaders have decided to put off a bailout vote for the auto industry until ...
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A Mexican government survey shows a sharp drop in emigration. The National Statistics and Geography Institute says about eight of every 1,000 Mexicans left to live abroad between February and May of this year. That's a 42 percent drop from the same period in 2006. In all of 2007, some 814,000 ...
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Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage sent an e-mail containing an expletive in response to a disparaging message he received from a fan during the team's Monday night game against Buffalo, coach Romeo Crennel confirmed Thursday. Crennel said he spoke with Savage, who sent the e-mail during ...
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