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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Former US President Jimmy Carter, former UN head Kofi Annan, and Graca Machel, wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, seen from left, during a news conference in Johannesburg, Staurday, Nov. 22, 2008. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he and others have been refused entry to ...
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The New York Knicks trade guard Jamal Crawford on Friday for Golden State Warriors forward Al Harrington. "Al is a true NBA veteran who possesses multi-positional skills," Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He will fit perfectly into our system and will help us ...
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Our president-elect speaks with a moderate and reassuring tone on many of his policy views. But on some issues, the overwhelmingly Democratic Congress may have different ideas and likely will hand Barack Obama bills that are further left than his pronouncements. Obama says he wants to raise taxes ...
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An Army wife accused of setting her apartment on fire botched an attempt to collect on her husband's $400,000 insurance policy when he survived and her two children died instead, a federal prosecutor said. Billi Jo Smallwood, 35, was denied bond at a Friday hearing in northeast Georgia, where she ...
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe Carter, Annan say they have been refused entry to Zimbabwe for humanitarian mission DHARMSALA ...
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DETROIT (AP) -- Ford Motor Co. may sell its fleet of five corporate jets after top executives of the three Detroit automakers were harshly criticized by members of Congress this week for their travel expenses. In a statement issued Friday, Ford said it is exploring all options for the fleet, which ...
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