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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by Frank James Former President Bill Clinton is reportedly willing to accept limits on his charitable and money-making activities if that will clear the way for President-elect Sen. Barack Obama to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. As the...... by Frank James The White House is trying ...
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DETROIT (AP) ― Democratic leaders in Congress decided Thursday to delay a vote to bail out automakers until December, according to officials, and will first demand the Big 3 companies show how the funds would transform their beleaguered industry. Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said ...
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Congress, which was not impressed with Detroit's pitch for $25 billion in emergency bridge loans, is giving the automakers a second chance. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said this afternoon they want the automakers' chief executive officers to ...
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A Metrolink commuter train and a freight train collided Thursday, but there did not appear to be any serious injuries, police said. The crash comes about nine weeks and 100 miles away from a September train crash that killed 25 people and injured 135. There are some people complaining of pain ...
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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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One of the world's biggest shippers said on Thursday some of its fleet was avoiding the Suez Canal due to rampant piracy off Somalia, and a major tanker association said many others were also diverting vessels. Denmark's A.P. Moller-Maersk is routing some of its 50 oil tankers around the Cape of ...
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