Washington, D.C. (AHN) - President-elect Barack Obama delivered the Democratic party's weekly radio address Saturday morning, declaring that "we must do more to put people back to work and get our economy moving again." "The news this week has only reinforced the fact that we are facing an economic ...
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OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Thunder have fired coach P.J. Carlesimo, with the team off to an NBA-worst 1-12 start in its new city. Assistant Scott Brooks was appointed interim coach Saturday. General manager Sam Presti called the dismissal a "very difficult" but necessary decision. The Thunder ...
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President-elect Barack Obama wants New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner as his Treasury secretary, news that sparked a stock market surge yesterday and fostered confidence that Obama may be taking up the U.S. economic reins before his inauguration in January. A senior Democrat told ...
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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Marathon talks between Hollywood's largest actors union and producers broke off early Saturday with the Screen Actors Guild saying it will ask its members to authorize a strike. Screen Actors Guild members and supporters stage a rally in June at SAG's headquarters in ...
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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Several thousand demonstrators waved flags and chanted in Taiwan's capital Saturday to protest the detention of former President Chen Shui-bian on graft allegations. Judges ordered the 57-year-old Chen jailed Nov. 12, and he has refused solid food since then. Chen denies ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- While President-elect Barack Obama publicly sidelined himself during congressional debate over an auto industry bailout this week, he and his top aides quietly prodded congressional leaders to find a solution to rescue struggling automakers. Obama personally talked to ...
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- A group including former UN chief Kofi Annan and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter postponed a visit to Zimbabwe meant to highlight the country's humanitarian crisis after the government refused to cooperate. A man suffering from cholera is taken by cart to a ...
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