WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many Americans who rely on analog TV sets to pick up over-the-air channels won't be ready. In a letter to key lawmakers Thursday, Obama ...
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WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is considering dissolving a White House-based homeland security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and will restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. The White House Homeland Security Council will remain for a while at ...
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Roland Burris says he's never been involved in an improper deal and didn't strike any agreement to become Gov. Rod Blagojevich's (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) pick for the U.S. Senate. But Burris declines to say whether Blagojevich should resign or be impeached. Burris testified Thursday ...
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Haifa, Israel — The immediate fate of a battered Gaza seemed to hang in the balance, as negotiations for a cease-fire ramped up among Israel, Egypt and Hamas, with the United States and other Arab countries active on the sidelines. As the diplomats negotiated, Gazans — their food supplies ...
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USC looked awfully good against us. I don't know how they lost to Orgeon State, but they did. The BCS tells us it has to be either Oklahoma or Florida. That alone makes me want to pick someone else. Tell me who to pick! Why I ought a . . . Utah is undefeated. They beat Bama more handily than Florida ...
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DENVER — Another government report showing robust U.S. inventories Thursday, added to a string of disheartening economic data, sent crude futures lower for a second day. Light, sweet crude for February delivery fell $1.11 to $41.52 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, prices ...
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