NEW 8:50 a.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President-elect Barack Obama has moved with unusual speed to select officials for his administration, and senior Democratic officials say he intends to name Timothy Geithner as his treasury secretary as soon as Monday. | Obama Treasury choice could calm markets ...
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Police are trying to determine if a 68-year-old woman arrested after allegedly robbing a bank is the so-called “Granny Robber” they’ve been seeking. Franklin police in southwest Ohio say Barbara Joly of Middletown fit the description of a woman who robbed a Huntington Bank ...
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The woeful Oklahoma City Thunder will have a new look Saturday when they face the New Orleans Hornets in the back end of a home-and- home series in the Big Easy. After an embarrassing 105-80 loss to New Orleans in Oklahoma City on Friday, the Thunder axed head coach P.J. Carlesimo and replaced him ...
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Only after police arrived to find Abraham Biggs dead in his father's bed did the Web feed stop Wednesday - 12 hours after the 19-year-old Broward College student first declared on a Web site that he hated himself and planned to die. "It didn't have to be," said the victim's sister, Rosalind Bigg ...
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After 27 hours of round-the-clock meetings, talks between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have again broken down, and SAG will now seek a strike authorization from its members. First up is a statement from the AMPTP: The AMPTP accepted the ...
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ATHENS, Greece (AP) ― Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned tanker that was hijacked in September, a Greek government spokesman said Saturday. The tanker MV Genius was released Friday with its cargo of refined oil intact and the crew of 19 safe, Merchant Marine Ministry spokesman Constantine ...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Republican said on Friday that Democratic U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is "off to a good start" and indicated he was pleased to see President George W. Bush get ready to leave. "Our members, in one way, are kind of relieved by the departure of an administration that ...
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