New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner is Barack Obama's choice for the crucial position of Treasury Secretary, according to reports. President-elect Barack Obama is tapping Brooklyn -born money whiz Tim Geithner to rescue America 's teetering economy as the next Treasury secretary ...
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After appealing to Congress for financial support, the country’s “Big Three” automotive manufacturers, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler LLC, were all left without solid answers from Congress Thursday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced that Congress would return ...
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President-elect Barack Obama has instructed his economic team to develop a plan to create 2.5 million jobs over the next two years, suggesting that he intends to push a more expensive package to stimulate the economy than he has so far proposed. Speaking during the Democrats' weekly radio address ...
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Authorities in Wisconsin say a hunter's stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County sheriff's department says a 43-year-old woman fired her rifle at a deer on Thursday but the bullet penetrated a wall and grazed the boys — ages 3 and 5 — inside Angie ...
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PORTLAND, Maine — Authorities in Maine say no charges are planned against the owner of a store where a sign invited customers to bet on a date when President-elect Barack Obama would be assassinated. Cumberland County Sheriff Mark Dion said Friday that Oak Hill General Store owner Steve Collins ...
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Rochester officials say members of Saudi Arabia's royal family spent enough during a visit to the Mayo Clinic to give the area's economy a shot in the arm. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Rochester officials say members of Saudi Arabia's royal family spent enough during a visit to the Mayo Clinic to give the ...
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts are spacewalking again in hopes of wrapping up greasy repair work on a gummed-up joint at the international space station. Saturday's spacewalk by Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper and Stephen Bowen is expected to be the longest and hardest one of the mission. It's the ...
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