CHICAGO (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama has chosen his former chief rival for the Democratic nomination to be his secretary of state. At a news conference Monday in Chicago, Obama announced that he's chosen Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to lead the State Department. He described her as a friend ...
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MUMBAI, India -- The terrorists who attacked India's financial capital had no links to any government, Pakistan's president said Monday amid claims that at least one of the gunmen belonged to a banned Pakistani militant group. President Asif Ali Zardari called the attackers "non-state actors," and ...
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Troubled Giants WR Plaxico Burress surrendered to New York authorities today at 8:03 A.M. He arrived at the 17th precinct via black Cadillac Escalade amidst a steadily growing throng of onlookers. He is currently being held in Manhattan, awaiting a lift to New Yorks' central booking a.k.a "The Tombs ...
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Pakistan on Monday to provide "total" cooperation with India over the Mumbai attacks, at the start of a trip including a "solidarity" visit to New Delhi. Arriving in London, Rice declined to comment on reports that Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba ...
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford reportedly has been arrested on federal charges. Television station WBRC and The Birmingham News report that Langford was taken into custody by the FBI. U.S. Attorney Alice Martin declines to comment but says a news conference will be held at ...
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DETROIT (AP) - Ex-mayoral aide Christine Beatty pleaded guilty Monday in a text-messaging sex scandal with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that gripped the city for nearly a year. She will spend four months in jail. "I lied under oath," a tearful Beatty told the judge, echoing the words her former ...
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NEW YORK — Investors uneasy about the holiday shopping season gave today back some of Wall Street’s recent gains, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 400 points. While initial reports about the start of holiday shopping this weekend suggested sales were better than some ...
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