WASHINGTON (CBS) ― Obama has named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, CBS has learned. CBS News has also confirmed that Sen. Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the offer to join President-elect Barack Obama's cabinet as secretary of state, according to a senior ...
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U.S. stocks finish solidly higher on report President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Timothy Geithner to be the nation's Treasury secretary. See full story. Geithner, Clinton, Richardson tapped for key Obama posts Reaching out to veteran policy-makers in a troubled economic climate, President ...
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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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BENTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Authorities said a hunter's stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County Sheriff's Department said 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 ...
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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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MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. -- A West Virginia woman has been charged with child abuse and assault after being accused of burning the word "wimp'' into her 6-year-old daughter's neck with a cigarette. Tammy Smith is charged with five counts of child abuse and five counts of malicious assault, all felonies ...
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David Nalbandian, Argentina, def. David Ferrer, Spain, 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4), 6-3. Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. David Nalbandian and Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Copyright 2008 ...
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