President-elect promised change, picking insiders
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:20:38 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.
Fed sees economic woes persisting into next year
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:22:05 GMT
AP - Pounded by a fierce financial crisis, the country is sinking deeper into economic despair and is likely to be in the hole well into next year, forcing more Americans into the ranks of the unemployed.
Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:24:57 GMT
AP - A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.
Recession fears send world markets down
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:59 GMT
AP - European and Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after recession fears sent Wall Street plunging the day before.
Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:36:31 GMT
AP - With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.
Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:59:15 GMT
AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.
China to overhaul battered dairy industry
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:58:53 GMT
AP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step from cow breeding to milk sales saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.
Matthiessen wins National Book Award fiction prize
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:42:47 GMT
AP - The economy hung like a cloud over the 59th annual National Book Awards. Barack Obama was the silver lining.
Ind. inmates sneak through ceiling to have sex
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:44:04 GMT
AP - Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex.
NFL reinstates Cowboy CB Adam 'Pacman' Jones
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:14:15 GMT
AP - The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday the suspended cornerback has been reinstated by league commissioner Roger Goodell, but he must miss two more games this Sunday and the following game on Thanksgiving. He'll be back Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.
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