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11/21/2008 01:10 AM
Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, at the University Club in Washington. Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night, Nov. 20, 2008 and was being taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.



 11/21/2008 01:36 AM
Automakers need to make case for government aid (AP)

Senate Majority Harry Reid of Nev., second from right, accompanied by Democratic leaders, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday,Nov. 20, 2008, to discuss the auto industry bailout. From left are, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Majority Whip James Clyburn of S.C., Reid, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Detroit's embattled automakers have two weeks to show a skeptical Congress how a multibillion-dollar lifeline will help them keep the industry from imploding.
11/21/2008 01:24 AM
Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat (AP)

In a Jun 27, 2008 file photo Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., takes the stage with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at a campaign event in Unity, N.H., President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola/file)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.



 11/21/2008 01:31 AM
Congress sends jobless benefit extension to Bush (AP)

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)AP - With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush is about to ensure that millions of laid-off workers won't see their unemployment checks disappear as the year-end holidays approach.

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11/21/2008 01:36 AM
Stocks Drop Sharply and Credit Markets Seize Up As a new bout of fear gripped the financial markets, stocks fell sharply again, and the credit markets seized up as confidence in the nation’s financial system ebbed.


 11/21/2008 12:04 AM
High & Low Finance: Looking to Washington Again, So Far in Vain The sell-off in the stock market has been stunning, and quick government action is needed to restore confidence.
11/20/2008 11:02 PM
Citigroup Tries to Stop the Drop in Its Share Price The greatest banking turmoil is setting in around Citigroup, which has lost half its value in four days.


 11/21/2008 01:36 AM
Judge Declares Five Detainees Held Illegally A federal judge issued the Bush administration a sharp setback, ordering the release of five Algerian men held at Guantánamo Bay for nearly seven years.

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11/21/2008 01:58 AM
Marcia G. Yerman: Gender, Politics & Media Redux One topic that spawned plenty of conversation during the race for the presidency, was the role of gender. Last week, New York Women In Communications...
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11/21/2008 01:58 AM
Hillary Still Carrying $7.5 Million Of Debt From Campaign Hillary Clinton continues to carry $7.5 million of debt owed to vendors from her failed presidential bid which ended in early June, her campaign finance...
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11/21/2008 01:58 AM
Private Contractors In Iraq Could Face Charges For Earlier Incidents Under New Security Pact Private security contractors operating in Iraq could face Iraqi prosecution for acts committed when they supposedly had immunity from Iraqi law, U.S. officials said Thursday....
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11/21/2008 01:58 AM
Obama's Inauguration: What To Expect At Washington's Woodstock Hollywood celebrities, Web activists and jet-setters from around the world are preparing to turn the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 into a mix of Woodstock...
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11/20/2008 07:48 PM
Obama plans to name Clinton to State Clinton is "on track" to be named secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving, said two senior Obama aides who expect her to accept. See earlier: Senate role?
11/18/2008 05:18 AM
How can the Big Three win on the Hill? Private jets are probably a bad first step, but what next? Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Bradley A. Blakeman, Martin Frost, Rick Beyer and more in The Arena.
11/20/2008 07:22 PM
Attorney general collapses Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington.
11/20/2008 10:57 AM
Dems to Detroit: Try again Congress may be back in Dec. given the disagreement on auto aid. See also: Stevens' standing ovation

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11/21/2008 01:27 AM

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Eliminate Barriers To Women's Full Participation In Global Economy
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LIMA (Peru), Nov 21 (Bernama) -- Gender discrimination is costing Asia-Pacific economies US$80 billion annually because women are excluded from economic opportunities to participate in the workforce and in business.
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11/20/2008 09:52 PM

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Russia set to extend presidential term
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MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Russian parliament was expected Friday to approve a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four to six years.
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11/21/2008 12:33 AM

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Thai unions pledge strike unless government steps down
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BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's main public sector unions threatened a nationwide strike next week if the government does not bow to the demands of protesters and quit, according to a statement.
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11/21/2008 12:17 AM

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Baghdad locked down for US troop pact protest
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By Aws Qusay BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces shut streets in Baghdad and placed snipers on rooftops on Friday before a protest by followers of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr against a pact allowing US troops to remain for three more years.
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11/20/2008 09:54 PM

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Mukasey collapses during speech
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By Josh Meyer Reporting from Washington -- Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after collapsing at the lectern and losing consciousness during a speech on the Justice Department's war on terrorism, ...
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11/21/2008 12:35 AM

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Obama's Homeland Security choice has wide experience
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Janet Napolitano has been a US attorney and a state attorney general. She twice was elected governor of Arizona. By Margaret Talev WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's expected nominee for Homeland Security secretary, Arizona Gov.
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11/21/2008 12:01 AM

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US influence is on the decline, report says
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American intelligence agencies predict that China and India will cut into US clout over the next two decades. The report also sees an increase in terrorist violence.
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11/21/2008 01:13 AM

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Senate sends Bush expanded jobless benefits bill
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush legislation to extend jobless benefits for those who have been unemployed for a prolonged period in an economy that has been shedding jobs.
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11/20/2008 12:01 AM

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Antiwar groups fear Barack Obama may create hawkish Cabinet
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By Paul Richter Reporting from Washington -- Antiwar groups and other liberal activists are increasingly concerned at signs that Barack Obama's national ...
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11/20/2008 09:07 AM

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Obama’s Pick of Daschle May Test Conflict-of-Interest Pledge
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11/21/2008 12:59 AM

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Obama-Clinton cabinet talks progress; announcement perhaps by December
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Obama transition team sources say that substantive talks are ongoing between President-elect Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton about her ...
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11/20/2008 11:16 PM

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Conservative Federalist Society Can Expect Its Status to Shrink
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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., left, and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. did not get Supreme Court confirmation votes from President-elect Barack Obama. ...
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11/20/2008 10:27 PM
Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.
11/20/2008 07:01 PM
Aides: Obama plans to nominate Clinton President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency.
11/21/2008 01:33 AM
Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company A Malaysian technology conglomerate pledged Friday to repay $900,000 to Hollywood star Bruce Willis, but denied any wrongdoing after he took legal action to demand a refund of his investment.
11/21/2008 01:43 AM
Russian presidential term extension bill approved The lower house of Russia's parliament has given its final approval to a bill extending the presidential term from four to six years.

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11/20/2008 09:38 AM
Bipartisan group agree to revive auto bailout Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators said Thursday they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit's Big Three car makers.
11/20/2008 07:44 AM
The Texas DA That Got Cheney and Gonzales Indicted Has Gone Missing. Willacy County prosecutor Juan Angel Guerra stumped a presiding judge and attorneys for clients as high up as Vice President Dick Cheney when he failed to show up to court on his own grand jury's indictments.
11/20/2008 03:07 AM
US Auto Executives Fly To DC Asking for Taxpayer Money in Private Jets and None Offers to Work for Significantly Less than their 15 or 21 Million Dollar Salaries, Much Less Fly First-Class (why not Business Class?) on a Commericial Airline "There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands," Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.) advised the pampered executives at a hearing yesterday.
11/20/2008 06:18 AM
Savage: "[T]here's gonna be a wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States government" On his radio show, Michael Savage said, "I am telling you that there's gonna be a wholesale firing of competent white men in the United States government up and down the line, in police departments, in fire departments.

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