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Obama moves quickly to fill Cabinet positions
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_cabinet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081114/capt.cps.ofg39.141108222645.photo00.photo.default-512x360.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=h5DHuhCoB.4kAHs6pakShw--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Barack Obama (R) and Hillary Clinton address supporters during a rally in Orlando, Florida in October 2008. Intense speculation flared Friday over reports that president-elect Barack Obama is weighing whether to name former Democratic primary rival Hillary Clinton as a heavy-hitting secretary of state.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama has moved with unusual speed to select officials for his administration, and senior Democratic officials say he intends to name Timothy Geithner as his treasury secretary as soon as Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe
(AP)
Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
(AP)
Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
(AP)
Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism
(AP)
US: Financial woes no excuse in funding Afghan war
(AP)
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| World News |
Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_re_af/af_zimbabwe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081122/capt.c70d0c88cc3949999b12941823ad85f7.south_africa_zimbabwe__xdf102.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=UhuBdMMg5kFL6U7UyCMMSw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Former US President Jimmy Carter, former UN head Kofi Annan, and Graca Machel, wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela, seen from left, during a news conference in Johannesburg, Staurday, Nov. 22, 2008. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter says he and others have been refused entry to Zimbabwe for a humanitarian mission. Carter says he and other members of The Elders group were informed Friday night by former South African President Thabo Mbeki that efforts to secure travel visas had failed. The Elders group was formed by Nelson Mandela and includes former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mandela's wife Graca Machel, an international advocate for women's and children's rights. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that he and others planning a humanitarian mission in Zimbabwe had been refused entry to the impoverished African country.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
Tibetan official: 'Middle path' favored by exiles
(AP)
Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
(AP)
Rwanda protocol chief says she'll prove innocence
(AP)
Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
(AP)
US warship arrives in Georgian city of Batumi
(AP)
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| Politics News |
US: Financial woes no excuse in funding Afghan war
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gates_nato_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.705dff8316724c4ba672032a991cdb54.gates_afhanistan_nato_xmd106.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=u_iqym0BwWcteA5KS1IFBw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left, speaks to the media during a news conference on Friday, Nov. 21, 2008, at the Annapolis Basin Conference Center in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia. Gates was in Canada to participate in meetings of NATO's International Security Assistance Force to discuss the Regional Command South in Afghanistan. Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay is at right. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Mike Dembeck" border="0" /></a>AP - Even in a global financial crisis, the world cannot afford to skimp on its obligations to Afghanistan, which wants to double the size of its army but will never be able to pay for it, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
Obama moves quickly to fill Cabinet positions
(AP)
Gloom now, euphoria later on Capitol Hill
(AP)
Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism
(AP)
White House political office will remain
(Politico)
Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
(AP)
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| Business |
Citigroup talking to U.S. government as shares dive: source
(Reuters)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081122/bs_nm/us_citigroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081122/2008_11_20t075709_450x316_us_citigroup.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=xUWBr9n3NIr666h6aoJfBA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="Pedestrians walk past a Citibank branch in Singapore November 18, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Citigroup Inc has begun talks with the U.S. government as its plummeting share price raises doubts about the bank's ability to survive, a person familiar with the matter said.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
General Motors board weighs bankruptcy option: report
(Reuters)
U.S. Bancorp acquires deposits of failed Downey, PFF
(Reuters)
Wall St Week Ahead: Stocks eye Citigroup, Geithner's next moves
(Reuters)
Wall Street stages late rally on Geithner news
(Reuters)
Oil rallies from 3-1/2-year low
(Reuters)
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| Technology News |
Engineers sentenced to 1 year for espionage case
(AP)
AP - Two engineers from China were sentenced to a year in prison Friday for stealing computer chip designs from their Silicon Valley employers and trying to smuggle the secrets to their homeland to launch a government-backed startup there. More...> |
Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub
(AP)
Web sites offer real estate agent rankings
(AP)
Pentagon bans computer flash drives
(AP)
Judge orders Ballmer to testify in Vista suit
(CNET)
Even Google scales back on holiday fun
(Reuters)
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| Entertainment News |
Punk musician Barker sues over SC plane crash
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081122/ap_en_mu/people_travis_barker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081122/capt.fd5c02cf12de4c2d8ae54c41b5f8e638.people_travis_barker_ny149.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=sNZldvaHs1DnZ1uj3WYnQQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="This Nov. 17, 2006 file photo shows Travis Barker as he appears onstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios, in New York. Travis Barker has sued over a plane crash that left him injured and killed two of his friends. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Punk musician Travis Barker on Friday sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing two friends.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
Newman's will includes wife, foundation; cars sold
(AP)
Travis Barker Sues Over "Defective" Jet Crash
(E! Online)
Britney Shows Up in Court to Talk Touring
(E! Online)
30 Rock Crash Delays Filming
(E! Online)
Hollywood actors guild to seek strike
(AP)
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| Elections |
Geithner likely treasury pick; Clinton 'on track'
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/elections/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_cabinet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.c6f52dea0e134578acb248c8bcbb573f.obama_cabinet_ny142.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=MpmHH4kUyMPHpGX6I6PU8Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 15, 2008 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, right, listens to Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, before speaking at the Economic Club of New York. President-elect Barack Obama is likely to name Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary in a time of intense economic turmoil as he rounds out the upper echelon of his Cabinet, a senior Democratic official familiar with the deliberations said Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama intends to name Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve, as his treasury secretary to confront the nation's intense economic turmoil, senior Democratic officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> More...> |
Mukasey returns to work after collapse
(AP)
Is Alaska big enough for celebrity Palin?
(AP)
Bush pushing economy, North Korea progress
(AP)
Latino groups seek voice in Obama admin.
(Politico)
Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
(AP)
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| Iraq |
Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel
(AP)
AP - Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces. More...> |
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,202
(AP)
Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy in anti-US protest
(AP)
Thousands protest in Iraq against U.S. troops pact
(Reuters)
Iraq's presidency demands suspension of pro-Maliki groups
(AFP)
Iraq's Race for Political Advantage After US Departure
(Time.com)
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| U.S. News |
Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
(AP)
AP - A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG in horror when it became clear it was no joke. Some watchers contacted the Web site to notify police, but by the time officers entered Abraham Biggs' home — a scene also captured on the Internet — it was too late. More...> |
Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
(AP)
Year later, baby ordered back to adoptive parents
(AP)
Astronauts face hardest spacewalk to finish repair
(AP)
FBI says Ohio man threatened to bomb airports
(AP)
Prosecutor who had Cheney indicted yells at judge
(AP)
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