CHICAGO (Dec. 1) - Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush — striking choices by a president-elect who declared he wanted ...
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NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to New Delhi on Tuesday hoping to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region. The three-day rampage by 10 Islamist gunmen in ...
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CHICAGO (AP) ― Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of three family members. Cook County state's attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton says prosecutors handed down formal charges against William Balfour ...
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The company bowtie logo shines on an unsold 2008 Silverado pickup truck at a Chevrolet dealership in Denver. General Motors Corp. said its U.S. sales fell sharply in November. GM's sales are down 41% from a year earlier and Ford's numbers are down 31%. Ford has delivered its restructuring plan to ...
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WASHINGTON - — General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have “severe, long-term consequences to the U.S. economy.” GM said it would seek up to $18 billion from the ...
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NEW YORK - Ford's U.S. light vehicle sales tumbled 31 percent in November, while Toyota's plunged 34 percent and Honda's dropped 32 percent, dashing hopes that the industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing as Detroit's automakers prepare to state their second case for a federal bailout. A ...
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Barack Obama listens to Gov. of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell at the Bipartisan meeting of the National Governor's Association at Congress Hall in Philadelphia, Pa. Cash-strapped governors Tuesday joined the long list of groups asking Barack Obama for a lifeline — $176 billion, to be exact. But there ...
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