Auto aid effort collapses December reprieve?
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:49:22 GMT
AP - The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding their once-mighty industry.
Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:29:25 GMT
AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.
Gates more likely to remain Secretary of Defense under Obama
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:41:41 GMT
AP - What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
Staffers weep as Ted Stevens gives last Senate speech
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:41:52 GMT
AP - "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher.
Judge orders release of five terror suspects at Guantanamo
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:07:16 GMT
AP - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.
Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:18:15 GMT
AP - An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.
Scientists say remains, grave of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus found
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:07:23 GMT
AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.
Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:26:16 GMT
AP - Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.
Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:04 GMT
AP - A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.
Selig: Weather can't shorten postseason games
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:25:33 GMT
AP - There has never been a rain-shortened game in the postseason, and now there never will be. Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced the sport will enact a rules change stating that postseason games cannot be shortened because of bad weather.
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