Bush administration still working on $700B rescue (AP)
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AP - At a time when most administrations are getting ready to turn out the lights, the Bush administration is still struggling to get the biggest government rescue in history up and running.
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Gov't to announce new loan aid effort (AP)
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AP - The government and the mortgage industry are set to announce the most sweeping effort yet to help troubled homeowners by speeding up the process for renegotiating hundreds of thousands of delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. See Details
Analysis: Bush handing over power to Obama with grace (AP)
vifv Post in 2008-11-11 17:25 ( http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_handing_it_over_analysis)
AP - No matter how people remember President Bush's time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully.
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Even as winds calm, more Californians flee fires (AP)
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AP - More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major aerial attack on wildfires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and blanketed the region in smoke.
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Pelosi supports new help for ailing US automakers (AP)
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AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to support a financial bailout for the troubled U.S. auto industry, which is suffering under the weight of poor sales, tight credit and a sputtering economy.
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Jobless claims surge while trade deficit narrows (AP)
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AP - Applications for unemployment benefits soared to the highest level since just after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks while the trade deficit shrank more than expected as demand for imports plunged, further evidence of the struggling U.S. economy.
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Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)
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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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Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink (AP)
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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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Foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year (AP)
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AP - The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed. See Details
Gates more likely to remain Secretary of Defense under Obama (AP)
vifv Post in 2008-11-21 10:10 ( http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gates_defense)
AP - What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
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Consumers cut back sharply on spending (AP)
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AP - Consumers, taking a beating from the worst financial crisis in seven decades, cut back sharply on their spending in October, pushing retail sales down by a record amount.
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Economic group says developed world in recession (AP)
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AP - The world's developed economies, hard hit by the financial crisis, have slid into recession and will shrink further in 2009, a top international organization said Thursday.
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Obama to use executive orders for immediate impact (AP)
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AP - President-elect Obama plans to use his executive powers to make an immediate impact when he takes office, perhaps reversing Bush administration policies on stem cell research and domestic drilling for oil and natural gas.
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Moment of truth for Shiite party over pact (AP)
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AP - The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq's largest Shiite party, which must choose between its two main partners: the United States and Iran.
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2 roadside bombs kill 3, wound 14 in Baghdad (AP)
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AP - A pair of roadside bombs exploded in quick succession during the morning rush hour in east Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 14 others, police and hospital officials said.
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NOL to cut 1,000 jobs as it faces showdown
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Neptune Orient Lines warned of a 'severe and prolonged downturn in global container shipping', as south-east Asia's biggest cargo transport group announced it would cut 9 per cent of its labour force See Details
Staffers weep as Ted Stevens gives last Senate speech (AP)
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AP - "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swan song address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday. He was saluted by his colleagues as a staunch friend and teacher.
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Foul play not suspected after teen's body found in Ontario
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A body found northeast of Barrie, Ont., on Wednesday is believed to be that of 15-year-old Brandon Crisp, who disappeared from his home last month after a dispute with his parents over a video game, police said. See Details
Car bomb hits Afghan gov't office, killing 3 (AP)
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AP - A car bomb explosion ripped through an Afghan government office during a provincial council meeting Wednesday in this former Taliban stronghold, killing at least three people and wounding 28, officials said.
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BBC slashes spending amid fears of funding crisis
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The broadcaster told staff that it must make even greater cuts to spending, including its corporate hospitality budget, as the crash in property prices threatens a crisis in its funding. See Details
