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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
Pennsylvania: Obama
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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By Andy Furillo and Sam Stanton
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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By Larry Eichel, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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.
USA TODAY - By Sue Kirchhoff, Kathy Chu, Barbara Hagenbaugh and Edward Iwata
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.
By Mike Dorning, Chicago Tribune
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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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By Del Jones
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.
By Steve Kraske, The Kansas City Star, Mo.
By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post
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.
By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press
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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.
USA TODAY: By Alan Gomez, Marisol Bello and Judy Keen
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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Egypt has emerged as the power most likely to hold the key to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, thanks to the Egyptians' privileged role as a go-between in the past.
Senate Democrats have wisely backpedaled from their initial attempts to deny the U.S. Senate seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama to Roland W. Burris, Illinois' former attorney general.
At least three rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, one hitting a nursing home in Nahariya, injuring two people, military officials said.
By Ibrahim Barzak and Steven Gutkin
Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light.
Bob Stoops posed next to the crystal football and played along with a wave of photographers.
Americans probably suffered a net loss of 2.4 million jobs last year, projections show, with the pain likely to stretch well into 2009 and possibly beyond, underscoring the recession's toll on employers and workers and the difficulty President-elect Barack Obama will face in reviving the economy.
"Obama's choice to lead the reform effort, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday -- beginning a process to change the nation's healthcare that could be one of the most ambitious and expensive undertakings of the Obama presidency."
Jan. 8--Prosecutors and defense attorneys for accused Wall Street scammer Bernard Madoff fired paper salvos yesterday as they battled over whether the disgraced investment adviser should have his $10 million bail revoked and be thrown in jail.
In this season of peace, it has been painful to learn why the Christmas lights in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity were put out this year.
WASHINGTON -- Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs -- even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light.
No wonder the European Union is often ridiculed when it comes to dealing with a major international crisis.
Outside the Capitol, the air was cold and wet as the one would- be lawmaker denied access to the Senate floor made his case as the rain came down in a muddy park.
Chestnut Hill, MA (Sports Network) - Jeremy Lin posted a game-high 27 points with eight assists, as Harvard shocked 17th-ranked Boston College, 82-70, at Conte Forum.
IT'S one of the world's most exclusive clubs - every living US president and the man who is about to join their ranks, together at the White House.
A brief respite in bombing to allow the movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza was followed by 60 Israeli air strikes against Hamas targets Wednesday night.
Jan. 8--JERUSALEM -- As its punishing assault on Hamas militants entered its 13th day Thursday, Israel was proceeding on two tracks: exploring a cease-fire initiative by Egypt and France while readying troops for a possible push into Gaza's crowded cities and refugee camps.
Jan. 8--WASHINGTON -- Senate Democratic leaders opened a path Wednesday to seating Roland Burris in the U.S. Senate after days of distracting political controversy over their refusal to do so and a behind-the-scenes request from President-elect Barack Obama to resolve the matter.
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LAS VEGAS -- Microsoft is opening up its new Windows computer operating system to anyone brave enough to download it early.
WASHINGTON -- Former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris may be allowed to fill the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama, but he would be subject to an unusual vote by the full Senate before taking office.
WASHINGTON -- As Barack Obama decides how he'll cope with a deep recession and trillion-dollar deficit, he met Wednesday with the four men who can best sympathize with his plight: the current and former U.S. presidents.
Even before he had taken his first snap as the Florida Gators quarterback, Tim Tebow was The Chosen One.
Barack Obama is preparing Americans for the unparalleled prospect of "trillion-dollar deficits for years to come," a stark assessment of the budgetary outlook that he says will require his administration to impose tighter fiscal discipline on the government.
JERUSALEM -- Israeli police said that at least three rockets had been fired into northern Israel from Lebanon.
WASHINGTON -- Americans probably suffered a net loss of 2.4 million jobs last year, with the pain likely to stretch well into 2009 and possibly beyond, underscoring the recession's toll on employers and workers and the difficulty President-elect Barack Obama will face in reviving the economy.
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.
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.
ATLANTA - John Smoltz has reached a preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red Sox, a stunning end to his long career with the Atlanta Braves.
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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.