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Lawmaker: US Leadership At Stake In Climate Debate
The leading sponsor of a U.S. Senate climate bill says action to combat global warming will raise energy prices, but also create jobs and that
Worsening Job Picture Fuels Confidence Drop
Americans' confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group says. ...
DC Sniper Muhammad Set To Die By Lethal Injection
Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad will die by lethal injection when he is executed next month. ...
Weather Delays NASA New Rocket Test Flight
NASA's newest rocket is stuck on the launch pad because of clouds and high wind. ...
Boss To Hispanic Workers: Change Names
A New Mexico hotel owner forbids Hispanic workers from speaking Spanish in his presence and orders some to Anglicize their names. ...
Castro's Sister Says She Collaborated With CIA
One of Fidel Castro's sisters says in a memoir released Monday that she collaborated with the CIA against her brother, starting shortly after the United ...
Raids Free 52 Child Prostitutes, DOJ Says
Nearly 700 people are arrested in raids in 36 cities in an effort to fight child prostitution. ...
Iceland Says Goodbye To The Big Mac
The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation's overexposure to the world financial crisis. ...
DEA Agents Among 14 Americans Dead In Afghanistan
A U.S. military helicopter crashed Monday while returning from the scene of a firefight with suspected Taliban drug traffickers in western Afghanistan, killing 10 Americans ...
Ohio Can't Find Doctors To Offer Execution Advice
Ohio was on track this year to execute a record number of inmates. One botched execution and several lawsuits later, the death penalty is temporarily ...
Senate Health Bill Will Embrace 'Public Option'
Health care legislation heading for the Senate floor will give millions of Americans the option of purchasing government-run insurance coverage, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced ...
Dodd Wants Rate Freeze On Credit Cards
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd proposes an immediate interest rate freeze on existing balances for the estimated 700 million credit cards in circulation. ...
NTSB: NWA Pilots Were On Laptops
Two pilots tell authorities they were going over schedules using their laptop computers while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. ...
Feds Interview Crew Of Plane That Overshot Airport
Federal investigators interviewed the crew of the Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis airport by 150 miles on Sunday. ...
1 In 5 Kids Lack Vitamin D, Study Says
New research shows that at least one in five U.S. children are lacking vitamin D, and minority children are especially lacking. ...
HHS' Sebelius: Ample Flu Vaccine Will Be Available
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Monday the swine flu vaccine "is coming out the door as fast as it comes off the ...
Iraqis Mourn After Worst Bombing In 2 Years
The death toll from Iraq's worst attack in more than two years climbs to 155 as Iraqis buried the dead from twin suicide bombings in ...
Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee
Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, according to university officials. ...
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G McNair
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08 January, 2009 08:00:18
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