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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to swiftly pass a massive economic stimulus bill, which could cost as much as $800 billion.
Shijiazhuang (Xinhua) - Four more people in China's tainted dairy scandal went on trial Monday in a local court in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei Province.
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The U.S. employment picture eroded sharply in November with unemployment jumping from 6.5 percent to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
Millions worldwide march peacefully to end bigotry and discrimination.
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Ferocious wildfires aided by blasting winds and high temperatures forced 30,000 Southern California residents to flee their homes, officials said Sunday.
Small and medium companies supported discriminatory amendment against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality; No Fortune 500 companies on the list.
Discriminatory Proposition 8 was supported by hate groups and out-of-state religious extremists.
Herrera Joined by Los Angeles, Santa Clara Counterparts in Suing to Invalidate Prop 8.
How the Race Was Decided
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As the polls closed and the parties began, the early results showed how the new President was set for victory
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One of three crucial swing states that has played a decisive role in presidential elections for the past 50 years.
Paid slate-mailer "endorsements" are not worth the paper they're printed on.
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Kyodo - The finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven economies vowed Friday to use all available tools, including public capital injection, to fight the worldwide credit crunch and prevent "systemically important financial institutions" from failing.
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Russia will pull back Wednesday from the southern edge of a buffer zone inside Georgia adjacent to South Ossetia, a senior Russian officer said, ahead of a deadline Friday.
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WILLIAMS -- At least 10 people were killed and dozens others injured Sunday night when a privately owned tour bus headed from Sacramento to a Colusa-area casino flipped over on a two-lane road, officials said.
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This is the night that political junkies -- and there are millions and millions of you out there this year -- have been waiting for.
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The number of babies sickened by tainted milk products in China totals more than 50,000, with four dead and another 104 seriously ill.
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The Federal Reserve said Tuesday night it will lend up to $85 billion to American International Group, effectively putting the government in control of the flailing insurance giant, saying the move was necessary to protect the financial system and the economy.
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Residents of Haiti were last night clearing up the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Hanna, as officials in the US prepared for the storm to hit.
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Hurricane Gustav took a direct hit on the Gulf of Mexico, temporarily suspending 100% of oil production in the Gulf, yet gasoline prices appear lower.
Obama's Speech Capped a Convention Aimed at Unifying Democratic Party.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling coalition parties agreed Thursday to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, setting up a major showdown between the former military chief and the newly elected civilian government.
BBC Monitoring NewsfileThe Olympic torch relay began its final leg in Beijing from the landmark Forbidden City Wednesday morning.
United Press International - A U.S. government scientist and suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland of an apparent suicide, colleagues said.
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BERLIN - In a highly unusual move for an American presidential candidate, Barack Obama staged a foreign policy speech Thursday before a huge overseas audience, calling for renewed trans-Atlantic cooperation to rein in Iran, fight religious extremism and terrorism, and address global warming and poverty.
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Scrambling to bolster eroding investor confidence, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced unprecedented steps to brace slumping mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
SAN JOSE) – The Governor´s budget cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) would devastate thousands of families and hurt the economy by reducing hours and jobs for many health care workers employed by the valuable safety net program, Democratic legislators said today.
Joining senior and disabled citizens and health care workers at Vivente 1 Apartments in San Jose, five state Democratic legislators said the Governor´s decision to turn his back on the needy is poor policy and bad economics.
The Governor´s budget plan would eliminate $266 million from the IHSS program, which provides care to low-income, disabled and aged Californians in their homes and allows them to avoid more expensive out-of-home care.
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A suicide bomb exploded Monday on a crowded street near the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 41 people and injuring 140, officials said.
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Several Airlines Likely to Fail; Affordable, Frequent Air Travel and Jobs at Risk.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Marie Welton figures her daughter will have to bulldoze her flooded home here.
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The Independent (UK) - By Rupert Cornwell
After an epic five-month battle that has rewritten US politics, Barack Obama last night stood poised to secure the 2008 Democratic nomination, with a very real chance of becoming the first African American president in the country's history.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Clinton coasted to victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, a win she hoped would give her a desperately needed boost-but probably would not.
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Text of editorial entitled "Israel and Hamas must spare civilians" published by leading privately-owned Ugandan newspaper The Daily Monitor website on 9 January
Jan. 9--The game ended ages ago, and yet the Florida Gators remained on the field at Dolphin Stadium in the early moments of Friday morning, laughing, hugging, posing for pictures and ignoring pleas to head toward the locker room.
Jan. 9--JERUSALEM -- As dozens of bodies were pulled from the rubble of shelled houses in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Israel faced a growing confrontation with aid groups alarmed by the toll of its offensive against Hamas, and the UN called for an end to hostilities.
Jan. 9--MIAMI -- College football's latest super hero is a square-jawed, brush-cut, almost-too-good-to-be-true 21-year-old named Tim Tebow, who can dazzle a full college stadium by day and still make time to preach the gospel in front of a packed prison auditorium by night.
MIAMI - Tim Tebow gave Florida the jolt it needed, and the Gators toughed out a second BCS title in three years.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened yesterday after the main UN aid agency suspended its operations in the strip, saying staff were at risk from the Israeli army after one of its drivers was killed by a tank shell.
THE bombs are raining down on Gaza, while ground assault moves deep into what is left of the Palestinian territory.
BOSTON - John Smoltz and Brad Penny are on their way to the Red Sox.
ATLANTA - After more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, John Smoltz is ready to finish his stellar career wearing a different uniform.
FAIRFAX, Va. _ President-elect Barack Obama launched his campaign to sell the most ambitious government spending plan in American history Thursday, urging Congress to act swiftly on his upcoming proposal to jump-start the economy or risk dooming the country to a diminished future.
JERUSALEM _ As Israel pushes into the third week of its military campaign to destabilize the hard-line Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip, the country is reaching a political crossroads.
Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris Thursday denied there was any "quid pro quo" for his appointment to the state's vacant U.S. Senate seat.
Jacksonville native George Salem, a leader in several Palestinian- American organizations, says he is "cautiously optimistic" that international pressure could lead to a cease-fire in Israeli military operations in Gaza.
Egypt's U.N. ambassador said Wednesday that representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas agreed to meet separately with Egyptian officials today for talks on the Gaza crisis.
ISRAEL yesterday gave a guarded welcome to a ceasefire proposal for Gaza last night raising hopes its bloody 12-day offensive could be winding down.
MOURNERS at today's scientology service for John Travolta's late son Jett will be told a "chapter of his life is closed".
Right-hander John Smoltz, who has pitched 20 years for the Atlanta Braves, has reportedly agreed to a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.
LYNCHBURG, Va., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Senior Pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, and the son of the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, says that the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip is a just war.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency suspended food deliveries in Gaza after a truck driver was killed Thursday.
Two international financial institutions with a presence in Rhode Island were caught in the $50-billion fraud allegedly masterminded by Bernard Madoff and his New York-based investment firm.
A special committee of the Illinois House has recommended the impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich in a draft report released Thursday.
The body of a man targeted by hired killers for hitting reputed New York mobster John Gotti's son with his car was disposed of using acid, documents allege.
Film stars John Travolta and Kelly Preston plan to hold a private funeral service for their only son Jett in Ocala, Fla., where they have a home.
ISRAELI warplanes bombed the Gaza-Egypt border and top officials decided to press ahead with a bloody offensive, despite a brief lull yesterday as Israel gave a guarded welcome to a ceasefire proposal.
Jan. 8--Confirming and in many cases exceeding analysts' expectations for weak holiday sales, a number of big retailers are reporting soft December sales figures today.
Jan. 8--MIAMI, Fla. -- Sitting side by side in a dimly lit room last month in Orlando, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford talked of the admiration they had for each other as quarterbacks, and as citizens of the world.
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Jan. 8--LAS VEGAS -- With the tech world's eyes focused on it Wednesday, Microsoft introduced Windows 7, a product many enthusiasts have already become familiar with.
Jan. 8--OAKLAND -- The BART police officer under investigation for the fatal New Year's Day shooting of an unarmed man quit his job Wednesday rather than speak with investigators, an official said.
The best path out of the chaos created by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich over Barack Obama's former U.S. Senate seat may also be the simplest - just follow the law.
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To do so, two Virginia Tech geotechnical engineering students went to New Orleans and obtained about 2,000 pounds of different soil samples that have organic contents greater than nine percent.
While in Bangladesh, Uddin will work with local educators and researchers to study the feasibility, reliability and livability of low cost coastal housing designed to endure hurricanes using environmentally friendly composite building techn
The National Science Foundation-funded study group is developing a strategic plan for sustaining barrier island ecosystems in the face of increases in storm frequency and intensity, as well as sea level rise associated with global climate c
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The lab led by George L. King, M.D., Director of Research at Joslin, will apply the funds to the Joslin Medalist Study, which Dr. King launched in April 2005 through previous funding from the Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Foundation to identify ph
President-Elect Obama: Want to Stimulate the Economy? Freeze Or Lower the Tax on Long-Term Capital G
One way you can stimulate the economy at very little cost is to lower or, at minimum, freeze the existing tax rates on long-term capital gains.