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WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Democrats in Congress are urging President-elect Barack Obama to keep Sheila Bair as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp and possibly give her a larger role to regulate mortgages, an influential US lawmaker said ...
Democrats want a more assertive Obama
Frank Decries 'No Girls Allowed' On The Bailout Team
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By Michael Levenson A small-town police chief who authorities say promoted, organized, and profited from a firearms exposition where children were encouraged to shoot machine guns and where an 8-year-old killed himself with a Micro Uzi was charged ...
Video: Gun Club, 3 Others Charged in Boy's Uzi Death
Around the Nation
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By Frederic Tomesco and Theophilos Argitis Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s political crisis, which will keep the nation’s legislature closed for the next seven weeks, may exacerbate financial turmoil and job losses in the world’s eighth-largest economy.
Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads off defeat
Canada halts parliament amid row
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Condoleezza Rice has given her assessment of the level of terrorist threat following the Mumbai attacks, at a news conference in Islamabad.
Video: Rice in Pakistan to Push Terror Probe
With India on edge, Pakistan promises help in attacks probe
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MOSCOW (AFP) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's phone-in with the nation may have soothed some crisis-shocked Russians but failed to impress the media, which pointed out that the new premier still looked too much like a president.
Putin Tries to Soothe Anxious Russians
Resurgent Russia Poses Challenge for Obama Administration
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By MICHAEL LUO President-elect Barack Obama brought in nearly $750 million for his presidential campaign, a record amount that exceeds what all of the candidates combined collected in private donations in the previous race for the White House, ...
Obama raised $104 million toward election's close
Barack Obama campaign raised nearly $1 billion, shattering records
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AP A Virginia businessman who bought a $1 million grand party package for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration plans to invite disadvantaged people and wounded soldiers.
Down on Their Luck to Be VIPs at Obama Ball
Inaugural Gowns for the Threadbare, Too
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By AP AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) - In the last months of his administration, President Lyndon B. Johnson suggested that associates of Richard M. Nixon were trying to persuade the South Vietnamese government not to join the peace talks until after the 1968 ...
Video: Inside LBJ's Private Calls
In tapes, LBJ accuses Nixon of treason
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By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS AP WASHINGTON - Desperate US automakers ran into fresh obstacles from skeptical lawmakers Thursday as they appealed with rising urgency - and a new dose of humility - for a $34 billion bailout.
GM Chief Says He’d Accept Strict Conditions on Federal Bailout
Senators grill auto CEOs, GM-Chrysler deal eyed
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By MICHAEL CORKERY and NICK TIMIRAOS A possible move by the Treasury Department to push down mortgage rates has raised the hopes of home buyers, real-estate agents and economists -- and the share prices of residential builders and related businesses.
High inventory is killing home builders, and the industry asks for ...
Rate drops are of little help to many in California
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By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Most of the nation’s stores kicked off the critical holiday shopping season with double-digit sales declines, portending more price cuts in December and raising questions about the long-term prospects for many retailers.
US Retail Sales Fall in Worst Drop in Four Decades (Update2)
Retailers head higher even as November sales wilt
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By Austin Modine • Get more from this author NASA will delay the launch of its nuclear-powered robotic tank to the surface of Mars by two years because of unresolved technical issues.
Technical glitches force delay of Mars mission
National Briefing | Science Nasa Delays Mars Mission
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Here is a look at Facebook's latest feature Facebook Connect and what it can do for you. It looks like a winner. Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site.
Facebook Connect, Now Live, May Change The Web
Facebook, Google Launch Data Portability Programs to All
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By DAVID POGUE The Times's technology columnist, David Pogue, keeps you on top of the industry in his free, weekly email newsletter.
mocoNews.net - Reviewers Get Earful After Calling The BlackBerry ...
BlackBerry 8900 Versus BlackBerry Bold: Picture Comparison
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by Luke Y. Thompson Review in a Hurry: An all-star cast and some great soul music juice up this fact-based tale of the friendship between legendary bluesman Muddy Waters (Jeffrey Wright) and record producer Leonard Chess (Adrien Brody).
Music revs up this 'Cadillac'
Movie review: 'Cadillac Records'
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A young man's moment of triumph is spoiled when he gets kidnapped before he can impress his father in this black comedy. Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman), a well-respected scientist, has learned that he's won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, which is a mixed ...
'Son': Too Much Drama
Movie review: 'Nobel Son' a little too cutesy
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Lil Wayne, whose album “Tha Carter III” has been one of the year’s best sellers, received Grammy Award nominations in eight categories, including album of the year and best rap album.
Farber: Music sales won this year's Grammy nominations
Jonas Brothers and Katy Perry Shocked by Grammy Nods
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Maybe the next time prime-time television calls, the Raiders should let the answering machine pick up. There's just something about playing under the lights that always gets the Raiders lit up.
Raiders lose to Chargers 34-7
Rivers and Chargers crush Oakland
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By Marvin Gentry, US Presswire By John David Mercer, US Presswire By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY GAINESVILLE, Fla. - For all of the love and attention heaped on the Big 12 this season, it's time for a little appreciation of the Southeastern Conference.
Tebow's Speech Stuff Of Legend
Gators pit speed vs. 'Bama's power in title game
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Jae C. Hong / AP Oscar De La Hoya remains the biggest name in fighting, whether it’s mixed martial arts or traditional boxing. Mixed martial arts is rapidly growing, but the money generated by top-name boxers still dwarfs their rival.
'Dream Match' mania grips Vegas
KRIKORIAN: De La Hoya not taking this fight lightly
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By PAM BELLUCK How happy you are may depend on how happy your friends’ friends’ friends are, even if you don’t know them at all.
Good cheer may spread itself, a study suggests
Happiness Can Spread Among People Like a Contagion, Study Indicates
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By Donna Smith WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama has begun laying the groundwork for overhauling the troubled US healthcare system, reaching out to interest groups and building grass-roots support for the huge undertaking.
Daschle Launches Push for Health-Care Overhaul
HHS Will Be Shepherding Health-Care
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By BENEDICT CAREY A long-awaited government report is calling on the military to test all new recruits for cognitive skills and then do large-scale studies of returning combat veterans to better evaluate and respond to traumatic brain injury, ...
Study: Troops' brain injuries lead to seizures, dementia
Traumatic Brain Injuries Linked to Long-Term Health Issues for ...
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A house that is believed to have been bought as the next residence of George and Laura Bush, in Dallas. By MICHAEL FALCONE As hard as it may be to leave 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the president and first lady, Laura Bush, have settled on a new home in ...
Video: President Bush, First Lady Buy House in Dallas
The Bushes as home buyers
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By Laura Litvan Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- When the new Congress convenes in January, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell will be constrained by a reduced minority and a Democratic White House.
Video: UAW Offers Help To Big Three
Auto Chiefs Appeal to Senate
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian newspapers said on Friday the government had proof that Pakistan's military spy agency was involved in the Mumbai attacks, including evidence supplied by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation.
How Risky Is India?
Understanding the complexity of terrorism
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