CHICAGO (Dec. 1) - Barack Obama announced a national security team Monday headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush — striking choices by a president-elect who declared he wanted ...
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades. There have long been suspicions that Pakistan's military and intelligence services helped create, arm and train ...
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They'll park some corporate jets, cut executive pay and serve up concessions from the United Auto Workers, but Ford Motor Co., General Motors Corp. and perhaps Chrysler LLC also will have to address massive debts to persuade a skeptical Congress to loan them money. As the CEOs of all three companies ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Most Americans sorely knew it already, but now it's official: The country is in a recession, and it's getting worse. Wall Street convulsed at the news _ and a fresh batch of bad economic reports _ tanking nearly 680 points. With the economic pain likely to stretch well into 2009 ...
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NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks plunged yesterday, giving back most of their gains from the past week, amid bleak economic news from around the globe including confirmation of a recession in the United States. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 679.95 points (7.70 per cent) to close at 8,149.09, in ...
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CHICAGO — Police arrested the estranged brother-in-law of Jennifer Hudson on Monday in the deaths of the entertainer's mother, brother and young nephew, taking him from a prison where he had been held on a suspected parole violation. William Balfour was arrested at Stateville Correctional Center ...
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HOUSTON (AP) - The astronauts from space shuttle Endeavour flew home today to Houston to a hero's welcome. But their orbiter will be returning later. Endeavour touched down yesterday in California following a nearly 16-day mission to repair and upgrade the international space station. Stormy weather ...
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