Top salesmen for financial bailout face grilling
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:55:35 GMT
AP - The two top salesmen for a $700 billion financial bailout are in for a grilling by Capitol Hill lawmakers just one week after the administration officially ditched the original strategy behind the rescue.
Big Three beg for aid as bailout bill stalls
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:07:59 GMT
AP - Detroit's Big Three auto makers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support on Capitol Hill and top lawmakers and the White House suffer from bailout fatigue.
Taliban siege of Pakistan elders leaves 7 dead
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:59:53 GMT
AP - Taliban militants attacked Pakistani tribal leaders near the Afghan border, triggering a gunbattle and an explosion that killed seven people, an official said Tuesday.
Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:41:24 GMT
AP - The bitter general election campaign behind them, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are seeking common ground on a range of issues in hopes of engendering greater bipartisan cooperation in Washington.
McCain backer Lieberman may keep committee chair
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:50:56 GMT
AP - Sen. Joe Lieberman appears likely to hold onto his prized chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite lingering hard feelings over his vocal support for GOP nominee John McCain during this year's presidential campaign.
Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:17:26 GMT
AP - Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community some residents once called the "Beverly Hills of mobile home parks."
Spacewalkers prepare for in-orbit cleaning job
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:57:40 GMT
AP - Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.
Fans flock to `Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:03:26 GMT
AP - Hundreds of shrieking fans mostly teenage girls lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line.
Yahoo's Yang decides he's no longer the right CEO
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:01:31 GMT
AP - Yahoo Inc. founder Jerry Yang has never concealed how much he cares about his Internet company.
Dawson's field goal gives Browns win over Bills
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Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:53 GMT
AP - Turns out the Cleveland Browns aren't quitters after all. And they have Phil Dawson to thank for this wild win.
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