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JFK-Obama oddities: the cover of LIFE, the number 44, perhaps ...

Berkeley :: CA :: USA | about 13 hours ago | Political News

Posted by Punditty

When President-elect Barack H. Obama takes office on Jan. 20, 2009, he will become the first United States president born after the midpoint of the 20th Century. Both George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were born in 1946. John F....

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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 5 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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Major Al-Qaeda operative killed in US drone strike: Pakistan security

Islamabad :: Pakistan | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Posted by kalex

A major Arab Al-Qaeda operative was among six militants killed overnight in a suspected US missile strike in northwest Pakistan , a senior security official told AFP Wednesday. Security sources identified the militant as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi, a senior member...

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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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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet

Cairo :: Egypt | about 2 hours ago | Political News

Posted by vishnughimire

CAIRO, Egypt – Al-Qaida 's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. The message appeared chiefly aimed...

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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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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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