WASHINGTON -- President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday. The stock market soared on the news. Word of Geithner's likely ...
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Authorities in Wisconsin say a hunter's stray bullet has grazed two young boys at a day care near Cheboygan. The Cheboygan County sheriff's department says a 43-year-old woman fired her rifle at a deer on Thursday but the bullet penetrated a wall and grazed the boys -- ages 3 and 5 -- inside Angie's ...
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KIMBALL, Neb. Nebraska officials say a 14-year-old California boy has become the last child reported abandoned under the state's safe-haven law. Nebraska officials say the boy from Yolo County was driven to Nebraska's Kimball County Hospital on Friday by his mother. Authorities say the boy has been ...
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The latest lawsuit accuses officers of shouting expletives and discharging pepper spray at people peacefully celebrating on sidewalks and porches. The suit was filed Friday in federal court on behalf of 22 black plaintiffs. Their attorney, Blake Horowitz, says the incident was racially motivated. He ...
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LIMA, Peru - U.S. President George W. Bush says in the current economic crisis, it's more important than ever for Canada and the U.S. to work together. U.S. President George W. Bush, right, meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper of Canada at the APEC Summit in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. Bush ...
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Reporting from Washington -- President-elect Barack Obama has settled on former rival Hillary Rodham Clinton to be secretary of State, following a high-stakes courtship that is expected to lead to a formal announcement after the Thanksgiving holiday, aides to both said. After an extensive ...
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) _ The Golden State Warriors traded disgruntled forward Al Harrington to the Knicks for guard Jamal Crawford on Friday in a swap that addresses both the Warriors' injury problems and New York's salary cap concerns. "I drafted Al back in 1998, and I think his talents are a great ...
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