LOS ANGELES : The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator. The guild said it adjourned talks overnight with the Alliance of Motion Picture and ...
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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 ...
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WASHINGTON - Even while publicly sidelining himself, President-elect Barack Obama was active behind the scenes during congressional debate this past week over an auto industry bailout. The move illustrates the Obama team's reluctance to publicly weigh in on a dispute that was not only partisan but ...
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Abraham Biggs Jr., 19, a young college student from Florida killed himself by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam. He broadcasted his final hours via Justin.tv, a website which allows users to broadcast live, to other content-sharing sites. After it was clear that Abraham Biggs Jr. is ...
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Martine Aubry (l) who defeated Segolene Royal in the battle to lead the French Socialists. Photograph: Horacio Villalobos/EPA Martine Aubry, the dour and traditionalist mayor of Lille, has beaten her telegenic rival Segolene Royal to become the first female leader of the embattled French socialist ...
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The policy was given renewed backing by majority vote at the week-long meeting in Dharamsala, convened by Tibetan leaders-in-exile to discuss their approach to relations with China. Although Tibet has enjoyed long periods of autonomy or self-rule, China maintains that it has always been an integral ...
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TBILISI, Georgia - The American embassy in Georgia says a U.S. Navy destroyer is making a routine visit to the country's port of Batumi. The USS Barry is the latest U.S. warship to visit the Caucasus country since its August war with Russia. An embassy spokesman says the ship is part of U.S. Navy's ...
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