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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/mukasey_collapses"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.5817c733348545039f6d187b8406b057.mukasey_collapses_wx108.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=MWOOVrgy9pe_sv5WmGOvWA--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, at the University Club in Washington. Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night, Nov. 20, 2008 and was being taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost conciousness.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 06:36:15 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*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.bb8842b1acf6462fb32cb03f38cbb3e5.obama_cabinet_ny109.jpg?x=92&y=130&q=85&sig=tVxrnDpwzvsH_xtCil4IdQ--" align="left" height="130" width="92" alt="In this Friday, Nov. 14, 2008 file photo, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a New York Public Transit Association conference in Albany. President-elect Barack Obama's transition team says Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)" border="0" /></a>AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 05:11:27 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.460a09eda9f4495097fc642d60b6b0a2.wall_street_nyrd115.jpg?x=130&y=62&q=85&sig=k5nyA3KQTkfxlrSxZFr64A--" align="left" height="62" width="130" alt="A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones Industrial Average Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. Stocks have plunged again to levels not seen in more than five years as hopes fade that lawmakers will soon put together an aid package for U.S. automakers. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)" border="0" /></a>AP - Most Asian markets rebounded Friday after days of sharp declines in global markets as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 05:46:04 GMT
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Nov 21, 2008 04:40:52 GMT
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| AP - China acknowledged Friday for the first time that more than 19,000 schoolchildren were among the dead in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May. |
Nov 21, 2008 04:24:46 GMT
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Nov 21, 2008 04:49:15 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_re_us/joe_the_plumber_records"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20081030/i/r3138737333.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=xmcAhrC1g6pI1xzJUMcFPw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Joe Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber," stands onstage at a campaign rally with U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in Mentor, Ohio October 30, 2008. Senator McCain is on a two day, campaign bus tour through the state of Ohio. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)" border="0" /></a>AP - An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 04:54:07 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_en_mu/guns_n_roses_dr_pepper"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081120/capt.47d0a1d1ac3b4510871410ae8e27948d.music_guns_n_roses_nyet710.jpg?x=83&y=130&q=85&sig=5eqO4980nX3hSE2MEdJh2g--" align="left" height="130" width="83" alt="An Aug. 31, 2006 file photo shows Guns N' Roses front man Axl Rose posing backstage at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards in New York. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 04:56:36 GMT
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| AP - A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn — hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart. |
Nov 21, 2008 06:00:36 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081121/ap_on_sp_fo_ga_su/fbn_bengals_steelers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081121/capt.7f540d17e872488099041e110a86efc7.bengals_steelers_football_pagp102.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=L5t2EIdvuh_vfBGiSC6R5A--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Santonio Holmes (10) runs after catching a pass from quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Leon Hall (29) moves in to make the tackle during the second quarter of a NFL football game in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 04:51:26 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/ts_nm/us_financial6"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t011616_450x320_us_financial6.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=SCmCqnm.7sWh66nKpEhKrg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A trader takes a moment's rest on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange which closed down 4.15 percent in today's trading in Makati City, Manila November 21, 2008. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Signs of distress in the global economy mounted on Friday, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 03:36:01 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/pl_nm/us_usa_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t013157_450x314_us_usa_obama.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=7Mm7UtPgXGh1zEKaZprtcg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton attend a campaign rally in Orlando, Florida, October 20, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 06:33:51 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/bs_nm/us_autos_bailout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_20t150411_450x313_us_autos_bailout.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=6dZQA5LAtux9BwPsxsUAbg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)(R) and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) hold a news conference to discuss proposed automobile bailout legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 20, 2008. (Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 05:15:36 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/bs_nm/us_citigroup"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_20t104925_450x324_us_citigroup.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=QrhErO4oq2XPWTIiXKEPeA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in a file photo. (Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 03:02:36 GMT
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| Reuters - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that some employees had gained unauthorized access and viewed a personal cell phone account held by President-elect Barack Obama that is now inactive. |
Nov 21, 2008 05:56:12 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/pl_nm/us_usa_mukasey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081121/2008_11_21t004203_450x295_us_usa_mukasey.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=TlXqh4a8yxOuMbx_QQlcUA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California in this March 27, 2008 file photo. (Robert Galbraith/Files/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey was "conscious, conversant and alert" at a local Washington hospital after collapsing while delivering a national security speech at a hotel, the U.S. Justice Department said late on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 05:46:01 GMT
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| Reuters - George W. Bush makes his last scheduled trip abroad as U.S. president on Friday, heading to an Asia-Pacific summit where he will seek support for global financial reform and hold talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program. |
Nov 21, 2008 06:05:28 GMT
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| Reuters - Deflation would be very damaging to the United States economy and with nominal interest rates already very low, quantitative easing may be needed to keep it at bay, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. |
Nov 21, 2008 04:37:19 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081121/ts_afp/somaliapiracyshipping"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081121/capt.cps.ogv73.211108042606.photo00.photo.default-512x365.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=kfNowZQz6KuJaI1_5wMbMg--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="The oil tanker MV Sirius Star is pictured at anchor on November 19, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.(AFP/US NAVY/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 03:27:25 GMT
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| <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081121/ts_afp/drcongounrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081121/capt.cps.ogv80.211108043418.photo06.photo.default-419x512.jpg?x=106&y=130&q=85&sig=NH3iPQuZ0JtPpXEBbPloEg--" align="left" height="130" width="106" alt="A United Nations peacekeeper from South Africa rides atop of an armored vehicle in the North Kivu provinicial capital city of Goma. The UN Security Council approved an extra 3,000 peacekeeping troops to help end conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting erupted earlier in the day.(AFP/Roberto Schmidt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The UN Security Council approved an extra 3,000 peacekeeping troops to help end conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fresh fighting erupted earlier in the day.</p><br clear="all"/> |
Nov 21, 2008 03:40:05 GMT
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