WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness. "Oh, no, no!'' people in the audience cried out as Mukasey slumped at the lectern. "Oh, my God ...
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President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency. Obama transition aides described a process Thursday that ...
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Crude oil futures on Thursday hit levels not seen since May 2005 as light, sweet crude for December delivery fell as low as $48.50 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange before settling at $49.62, down $4. Oil has fallen 66 percent since its mid-July peak ...
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TOKYO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell 2.2 percent on Friday, striking a three-week low as a stronger yen, an overnight plunge in U.S. stocks and global recession fears prompted investors to sell exporters such as Canon Inc. Leasing and financial services company Orix Corp plunged 16 ...
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BEIJING (AP) -- More than 19,000 schoolchildren died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May, China acknowledged Friday for the first time. The earthquake left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing, but the government has never before said how many of the casualties were students ...
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Sens. Carl Levin, center, and Christopher Bond, left, listen as Sen. Arlen Specter discusses the auto industry's loan request. WASHINGTON - Show us the plan, and we'll show you the money. That's what the Democratic-led Congress told Detroit's Big Three automakers Thursday. With that, bailout ...
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COVINGTON, LA. — R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cellphone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did. The 68-year-old man from Covington, La., was mowing the lawn on his five-acre property when a stray bullet from nearby woods struck the cellphone. He ...
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