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Dem sources: Clinton to help Hillary get State job
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 7 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
cooldiponline 
CHICAGO – Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton , his wife, become secretary of state , people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama 's transition vetting process said Wednesday. Clinton has agreed to...
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Frank, Shelby spar over auto bailout issue
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 6 hours ago | Business News
Source: United Press International
A bailout of U.S. automakers would be a life support measure and would not force them to change their business model or management, a Senate Republican said. However, a House Democrat countered Wednesday a proposed $25 billion in aid would...
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Obama names first black attorney-general
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 6 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
pranay
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama, the U. S. president-elect, has named Eric Holder, a long-time lawyer, to be attorney-general, which would make him the first African-American in the post. Mr. Holder, who was deputy attorney-general in the Clinton administration, will head...
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Tom Daschle Cabinet Nomination May Upset SD Prairie Dogs
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 4 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
onlinebusinesswoman 
Today is a proud day for my home state of South Dakota. One of our very own (not only from South Dakota, but also from my home town of Aberdeen), former Senator Tom Daschle, has accepted the nomination as President-Elect...
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Fed Minutes Signal Possible Rate Cuts
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Business News
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
Federal Reserve officials stand ready to slash interest rates to levels not seen in half a century if the economic picture continues to worsen, minutes of their most recent policy meeting show...And some officials expected that the economic weakness "could...
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Obama picks Daschle as health secretary
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Political News
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
In this August 2008 file photo, former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. (Charles Dharapak/Associated Press) Rumours continue to circulate about who else might make up Obama's administration when he succeeds U.S.
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Consumer Prices Sink Amid Slump
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 11 hours ago | Business News
Source: Asian Wall Street Journal
U.S. consumer prices took the biggest plunge in 61 years during October, pulled down by a sinking economy that evidence suggests is sending inflation into retreat. Separately, home construction took its fourth tumble in a row during October, falling to...
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Politics, by Biodun Iginla, BBC News, Paris, France
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 hour ago | Political News
Posted by
BiodunIginla
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Scientists reconstruct woolly mammoth genome
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 5 hours ago | Technology News
Source: The Guardian
Hair from frozen carcasses used to reconstruct woolly mammoth's genome The decoded genome provides clues to how mammoths and modern elephants evolved from their common ancestor, and why the ancient creatures became extinct Scientists have decoded the genome of the...
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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 8 hours ago | Political News
Posted by
LewisStanley
Al-Qaida 's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, using a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites. The message appeared...
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