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| | Attorney general collapses giving speech
40 minutes ago @ cnn.com
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech at a Washington hotel. He was taken to the hospital where he later was reported to be awake and talking. The attorney general is ...
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| Bush effigy burned in anti-US protest in Baghdad (yahoo! news)
AP - Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier.
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| Bush signs jobless benefits extension (yahoo! news)
AP - With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
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| Mukasey takes get-well call from Bush (yahoo! news)
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was conscious and alert early Friday — and took a get-well call from President Bush — just hours after he collapsed during a speech to a black-tie dinner.
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| Attorney General Mukasey collapses (msnbc.com)
Attorney General Michael Mukasey was conscious and alert early Friday 〔 and took a get-well call from President Bush 〔 just hours after he collapsed during a speech to a black-tie dinner.
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| Mukasey 'conscious, alert' after collapse (cnn.com)
U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech at a Washington hotel. He was taken to the hospital where he later was reported to be awake and talking. "The attorney general is conscious, conversant and alert," said Peter Carr, a Justice Department spokesman.
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| Thousands of Sadrists protest Iraq-US military pact (yahoo! news)
AFP - Thousands of Shiite followers of the firebrand anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad on Friday to protest a security accord that would allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011.
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| Attorney General Mukasey sounds well: White House (yahoo! news)
Reuters - President George W. Bush spoke with U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Friday and the top U.S. law enforcement official sounded well after collapsing during a speech, the White House said.
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| Islamists on trail of Somali pirates (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents entered a port on Friday in search of the pirate group behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.
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Clintons path to Cabinet cleared, aides say
1 hour(s) ago @ cnn.com
President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama"s transition team told CNN Thursday. Obama met last week with...
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| Way paved to add Clinton to Cabinet, aides say (cnn.com)
President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama's transition team told CNN Thursday. Obama met last week with Clinton to discuss the possibility of her serving in his Cabinet.
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| Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat (yahoo! news)
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.
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| Obama's cell phone records breached (cnn.com)
Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, Verizon Wireless said Thursday.
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| Cabinet spot is Clinton's after holiday, aides say (cnn.com)
President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama's transition team told CNN Thursday. Obama met last week with Clinton to discuss the possibility of her serving in his Cabinet.
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| Clinton 'on track' for Cabinet job, insiders say (cnn.com)
President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama's transition team told CNN Thursday. Obama met last week with New Clinton to discuss the possibility of her serving in his Cabinet.
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| Obama 'set to offer Clinton job' (bbc news)
US President-elect Barack Obama is "on track" to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, US media reports say.
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| Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.
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| Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat (reuters)
Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.
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Asia, Europe stocks rebound after Wall Street rout
4 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Most Asian and European markets rebounded Friday after sharp declines in recent days as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.
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| S&P dives to lowest level since 1997 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk prompted by investors' deepening economic fears drove the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index to its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.
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| Wall Street sinks, S&P falls to lowest level since 1997 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk prompted by investors' deepening economic fears drove the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index to its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.
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| Wall Street sinks, S&P falls to lowest level since 1997 (reuters)
Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk prompted by investors' deepening economic fears drove the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index to its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.
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| Recession fears hit Wall Street (bbc news)
Wall Street shares fall steeply for the second day in a row, amid investors' growing fears of a protracted economic downturn.
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| Wall Street sells off, S&P 500 at 11-1/2 year low (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk on investors' deepening economic fears left the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index at its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.
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| Wall Street sells off, S&P 500 at 11-1/2 year low (reuters)
Stocks plunged yet again on Thursday, as a frantic flight from risk on investors' deepening economic fears left the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index at its lowest level since 1997 -- completing the erasure of more than a decade of stock market gains.
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Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan
6 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 bi...
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| Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan (reuters)
Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.
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| Democrats demand U.S. Big 3 offer survival plan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.
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| Campbell Brown: Big Three must show a plan (cnn.com)
I just mentioned today's big development in Washington: Democrats are demanding the automakers tell them what they mean to do with the billions they're begging for.
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| Why Democrats gave Big 3 reprieve (msnbc.com)
A look at the political reasoning behind the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to give the Big Three auto makers another shot at a $25 billion loan.
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| Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (yahoo! news)
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.
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| Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers demanded car executives provide a business survival plan on Thursday in exchange for their support for up to $25 billion in loans.
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| Democrats demand Big 3 offer survival plan (reuters)
Democratic congressional leaders seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers demanded car executives provide a business survival plan on Thursday in exchange for their support for up to $25 billion in loans.
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| Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (yahoo! news)
AP - Democratic leaders in Congress sidetracked legislation to bail out the auto industry Thursday and demanded the Big Three develop a plan assuring the money would make them economically viable. "Until they show us the plan, we cannot show them the money," Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a hastily called news conference in the Capitol.
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Madonna divorce can go forward, court says
2 hour(s) ago @ cnn.com
Pop superstar Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie have moved a step closer to divorce after a session at Britain"s High Court in London Friday.
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| Madonna and Ritchie begin divorce (bbc news)
Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to begin their divorce at the High Court in London on Friday, according to court lists.
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| Madonna split 'not about money' (bbc news)
Guy Ritchie tells a newspaper that discussion over the terms of his divorce from Madonna "was never, ever about money".
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Feed24: Sport |
| | Browns GM Savage apologizes for e-mail expletive
11 hour(s) ago @ foxsports.com news
Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage has apologized to a fan for sending a profane e-mail following Monday night"s game against the Buffalo Bills.Savage used an expletive in his response ...
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| Browns' Quinn has broken finger (yahoo! news)
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn broke his right index finger in the first half of Monday night's win over Buffalo, but will try to play Sunday against the Houston Texans.
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| Quinn has broken finger, will try to play Sunday (foxsports.com)
Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn broke his right index finger in Monday night's win over Buffalo but will try to play Sunday against the Houston Texans.The team initially thought Quinn only bruised his hand after banging it on the helmet of a Bills player, but X-rays taken after practice Wednesday revealed a fracture on the tip of his finger. A specialist at the Cleveland Clinic cleared Quinn to play.
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| Browns GM Savage sent e-mail containing expletive (yahoo! news)
Cleveland Browns general manager Phil Savage sent an e-mail containing an expletive in response to a disparaging e-mail he received during the team's Monday night game against Buffalo, the team confirmed Thursday.
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| Browns get kick out of win in Buffalo (yahoo! news)
AP - Inches from infamy, the only thing that stopped the Cleveland Browns from making unwanted history was another miss off the foot of a Buffalo kicker.
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| QB Edwards' latest meltdown has Bills reeling (yahoo! news)
AP - It wasn't that long ago when Trent Edwards was reminding anyone who cared to listen about not getting too carried away with the Buffalo Bills' hot start because there was still a lot left to the season.
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Bengals dont elaborate on Ocho Cinco deactivation
7 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - The Cincinnati Bengals failed to explain why Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, was held out for violating team rules during their 27-10 loss in Pittsburgh on Thur...
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| Ocho Cinco deactivated for walking out of meeting (foxsports.com)
After a tumultuous offseason filled with trade demands that ultimately culminated in a verbal agreement to behave on and off the field, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson is involved in another controversy.
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| Bengals: Ocho Cinco will not play against Steelers (yahoo! news)
AP - The Cincinnati Bengals say Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, will be deactivated for Thursday night's game with the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule.
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| Bengals: Ocho Cinco will not play against Steelers (yahoo! news)
The Cincinnati Bengals say Chad Ocho Cinco, the wide receiver formerly known as Chad Johnson, will be deactivated for Thursday night's game with the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule.
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Roethlisberger leads Steelers to victory over Bengals
7 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - Ben Roethlisberger passed for 243 yards to lead the Steelers to a 27-10 win over division rivals the Cincinnati Bengals in snowy Pittsburgh conditions on Thursday.
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| Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win (yahoo! news)
AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco. The Steelers limited the depleted Bengals to six first downs following an early touchdown drive and found just enough offense themselves amid the snow flurries to control the clock behind Roethlisberger and beat Cincinnati 27-10 on Thursday night.
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| Steelers take 10-7 lead over Bengals at half (yahoo! news)
AP - Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass to Heath Miller and Jeff Reed made a 37-yard field goal, giving the Pittsburgh Steelers a 10-7 halftime lead over the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.
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Fisher moves up Hong Kong field
2 hour(s) ago @ bbc sport
Oliver Fisher and Oliver Wilson are among the leaders in Hong Kong, where 14-year-old Jason Hak becomes the youngest player to make the cut at a European Tour event.
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| Fisher moves up Hong Kong field (bbc sport)
Oliver Fisher puts himself in contention for a maiden European Tour victory as he moves into a four-way tie at the top of the Hong Kong Open leaderboard.
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| Sterne & Liang lead in Hong Kong (bbc sport)
South Africa's Richard Sterne and Liang Wenchong of China shoot six-under-par 64s to share the lead after the first round of the Hong Kong Open.
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| Daly shoots 68 in Hong Kong Open (yahoo! news)
AP - John Daly shot a 2-under 68 on Thursday to finish four strokes behind leader Liang Wen-chong halfway through the first round of the Hong Kong Open.
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Bryant leads Lakers past Shaq-led Suns 105-92
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Shaquille O"Neal had nothing bad to say about Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Bryant bests Shaq in Lakers' win over Suns (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Kobe Bryant got the better of former team mate Shaquille O'Neal to guide the Los Angeles Lakers to a 105-92 win over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday.
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| | Sandra Oh
1445 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
1445 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
1445 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
1445 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
1445 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Nokia offers vision for services, applications
40 minutes ago @ yahoo! news
Seeking to bridge the now to the next, Nokia has set its sights on Internet services, next-generation wireless technology, and mobile application development.
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Bush signs law extending unemployment insurance
55 minutes ago @ reuters
President George W. Bush on Friday signed into law an extension of unemployment benefits, the White House said.
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IAEA hardens fear of covert Syria atom site: U.S.
1 hour(s) ago @ reuters
The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on ...
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Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat
10 hour(s) ago @ reuters
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate his former rival, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after the November 27 Thanksgiving holiday, a Democratic offi...
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| Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security secretary, heading a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense in the wake of the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.
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| Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama is considering Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, at the head of a sprawling agency formed to bolster civil defense after the September 11 attacks, a senior Democrat said.
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| Obama taps ex-Senate chief to head health agency (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen Tom Daschle, a key early supporter and former U.S. Senate leader, as his top official to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system, two Democratic sources said on Wednesday.
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| Obama picks Daschle as health secretary: media (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former U.S. Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle to be Health and Human Services secretary, news media reported on Wednesday, citing sources close to Obama's transition team.
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| Obama moves closer to key cabinet pick (reuters)
President-elect Barack Obama moved closer to filling a key spot in his cabinet on Tuesday as his transition team plotted a careful course to shaping the next U.S. administration.
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| Obama to 'engage' on climate (bbc news)
US President-elect Barack Obama promises to "engage vigorously" on climate change, ahead of a major UN summit.
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Polish tests confirm Copernicus
1 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
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| | Oil price up as Asian stocks rise
5 hour(s) ago @ bbc news
Oil prices bounce back from a three-and-a-half year low, tracking Asian stocks higher, but are still below $50 a barrel.
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| Oil prices plunge below 50 dollars per barrel (yahoo! news)
AFP - Oil prices crashed below 50 dollars a barrel on Thursday as plunging equities and weak US data sparked fresh fears that a worldwide recession would ravage energy demand.
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| Oil drops 7 percent to 3-1/2-year low below $50 (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil prices dropped more than 7 percent to below $50 a barrel on Thursday as a bearish U.S. jobs report intensified concerns of a long and deep global recession and further crushed fuel demand expectations.
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| Oil sinks below $50 (business and financi...)
Oil prices continued to plunge Thursday, dropping below $50 a barrel as growing concern about the economy pointed to weak demand for energy. The price marked the lowest level in three-and-a-half years.
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| Oil touches 3-1/2 year low under $50 as demand weighs (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday, touching the lowest level since May 2005 as record U.S. job losses intensified concerns of a long and deep global recession and further crushed demand expectations.
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Congress extends jobless benefits
15 hour(s) ago @ latest financial new...
Read full story for latest details.
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| Congress scrambles on auto bailout (latest financial new...)
With the prospects of an auto bailout this week all but dead, Democratic leaders said Thursday that Congress would return in December to consider extending a $25 billion lifeline for troubled U.S. automakers if the companies devise a "viable" recovery plan.
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| Auto bailout: Not now, maybe later (latest financial new...)
With the prospects of an auto bailout this week all but dead, Democratic leaders said Thursday that Congress would return in December to consider extending a $25 billion lifeline for troubled U.S. automakers if the companies devise a "viable" recovery plan.
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| Congress rushes to extend jobless benefits (yahoo! news)
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.
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| Congress extends jobless benefits (yahoo! news)
AP - Congress has passed legislation extending jobless benefits through the December holidays, keeping checks flowing to laid-off workers who would otherwise lose them.
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| Democrats Ask Automakers for Way Forward (nyt > business)
Democratic leaders in Congress said that they would come back into session in December to consider helping the nation?s automakers, but only if they provided a viable plan for moving forward.
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| GMAC files for bank holding status (yahoo! news)
GMAC Financial Services, the financing arm of General Motors, said Thursday it applied to become a bank holding company, making it eligible for aid under the government's $700 billion bank rescue plan.
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| Congress scrambles on auto bailout (latest financial new...)
Democratic leaders said Thursday that Congress would return in December to consider extending a $25 billion lifeline for troubled U.S. automakers if the companies devise a "viable" recovery plan.
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| GM shares hit 70-year low as quick bailout hopes dim (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled as much as 39 percent to hit a 70-year low on Thursday as prospects dimmed that lawmakers would reach a compromise on a proposed $25 billion bailout for U.S. automakers before Congress adjourns this week.
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| GM shares rebound on news of bailout deal (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Shares of General Motors Corp and Ford Motor Co jumped on Thursday, rebounding from multi-decade lows after U.S. senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a government bailout for the struggling U.S. automakers.
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Saudi prince buys, but Citi stock plunges
15 hour(s) ago @ business and financi...
Citigroup"s largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%.
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| Saudi prince buys, Citi stock sinks (world business news)
Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%.
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| Saudi prince buys, but Citi stock plunges (business and financi...)
Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%, even as shares of the firm have plummeted in recent weeks.
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| Saudi prince to boost Citi stake (world business news)
Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%, even as shares of the firm have plummeted in recent weeks.
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| Saudi prince to boost stake in Citigroup (latest financial new...)
Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%. But the stock continued its painful slide despite this news.
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| Saudi prince's buy fails to boost Citi stock (business and financi...)
Citigroup's largest individual shareholder, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, said Thursday he planned to increase his stake in Citigroup back to 5%, even as shares of the firm have plummeted in recent weeks.
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| Stocks fall after jobless claims jump (yahoo! news)
AP - Fresh worries about widening unemployment added to investors' list of concerns about the economy Thursday and extended Wall Street's sell-off to a second day. The major indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 110 points.
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| Stocks try to stabilize (business and financi...)
Stocks cut losses Thursday morning, turning mixed, as stocks bounced after touching key levels not seen in nearly six years.
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| Stocks fall further after jobless claims jump (yahoo! news)
AP - Fresh worries about widening unemployment added to investors' list of concerns about the economy Thursday. The major indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 135 points.
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| Stocks keep sliding (latest financial new...)
Stocks tumbled Thursday morning, carving out fresh 5-1/2 year lows, after a report showed the highest level of weekly unemployment claims in 16 years, underscoring the depth of the recession.
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US dollar down, gold up in Europe
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
The U.S. dollar was mostly lower against other major currencies in European trading Friday morning. Gold rose.
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| US global power 'set to wane' (bbc news)
US dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new Washington intelligence report says.
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| US global power 'set to wane' (bbc news)
American dominance is likely to weaken by 2025 as India and China grow stronger, a new US intelligence report says.
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| U.S. Agrees to Buy Student Loans to Ease Borrowing (nyt > business)
The Education Department announced that it would buy up to $6.5 billion of federally guaranteed student loans made in the 2007-8 academic year as part of its effort to make sure loans are available.
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| Treasury to Support a Frozen Money Fund (nyt > business)
In an unusual step, the Treasury Department said it was prepared to buy assets from a troubled money market mutual fund that has been frozen for more than two months.
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S&P 500 sinks to 97 low
14 hour(s) ago @ cnnmoney.com
Wall Street slumped Thursday, with the S&P 500 plunging to an 11-1/2 year low as fears of a prolonged recession sparked a massive selloff.
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| Markets crater in closing minutes (business and financi...)
Wall Street slumped Thursday afternoon, as Congress haggled over the fate of the auto industry, Citigroup continued to plummet and stocks flirted with fresh 5-1/2 year lows.
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| Dow drops 275 points as stock losses accelerate (latest financial new...)
Wall Street slumped Thursday afternoon, as Congress haggled over the fate of the auto industry, Citigroup continued to plummet and stocks flirted with fresh 5-1/2 year lows.
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| S&P 500 sinks 6.7% to '97 low (latest stock market ...)
Wall Street slumped Thursday afternoon and the S&P 500 closed at an 11-1/2 year low as fears of a prolonged recession sparked a massive selloff.
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| Dow drops 350 points as stock losses accelerate (latest stock market ...)
Wall Street slumped Thursday afternoon, as Congress haggled over the fate of the auto industry, Citigroup continued to plummet and stocks flirted with fresh 5-1/2 year lows.
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| Dow drops 350 points (business and financi...)
Wall Street slumped Thursday afternoon, as Congress haggled over the fate of the auto industry, Citigroup continued to plummet and stocks flirted with fresh 5-1/2 year lows.
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| Stocks stumble in volatile trade (business and financi...)
Wall Street seesawed Thursday afternoon, as investors eyed stocks at 5-1/2 year lows and reports that lawmakers may have reached a compromise to bail out ailing automakers.
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| Stocks churn in volatile trade (latest financial new...)
Wall Street seesawed Thursday afternoon, as investors eyed stocks at 5-1/2 year lows and reports that lawmakers may have reached a compromise to bail out ailing automakers.
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| Stocks reverse losses on hopes for car makers (yahoo! news)
AP - Stocks have reversed steep morning losses to push higher Thursday after aides to a bipartisan group of senators say they have reached a compromise to funnel emergency loans to Detroit's car makers.
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