Geithner Is Said to Be Obama’s Pick for US Treasury Secretary - Bloomberg


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Geithner Is Said to Be Obama’s Pick for US Treasury Secretary
Bloomberg - 33 minutes ago
By Rich Miller Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama picked Timothy Geithner, head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his Treasury secretary, with Lawrence Summers getting a senior White House role, a Democratic aide said.
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Neb. Lawmakers OK Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law - ABC News


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Neb. Lawmakers OK Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law
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Neb. lawmakers OK 30-day age limit for safe-haven law which even allowed teens to be abandoned By NATE JENKINS Associated Press Writer The Associated Press Nebraska lawmakers Brad Ashford, front, of Omaha, and Arnie Stuthman, of Platte Center, Neb.
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Bush, in Peru, Will Press Plans to Avert Future Financial Crises - New York Times


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Bush, in Peru, Will Press Plans to Avert Future Financial Crises
New York Times - 24 minutes ago
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG LIMA, Peru - President Bush, confessing he already “felt a little nostalgic,� began what could be his last official overseas trip on Friday with the aim of building a broad international consensus for the regulatory reform agenda ...
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Pirates bolster defences around hijacked tanker - Times Online


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Pirates bolster defences around hijacked tanker
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Somali pirates are building up their defences around a captured Saudi Arabian super-tanker after demanding a $25 million ransom for the ship and its huge cargo of crude oil.
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Iranian Ex-President Says Chief of Atomic Agency Is Unfair - New York Times


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Iranian Ex-President Says Chief of Atomic Agency Is Unfair
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By NAZILA FATHI TEHRAN - Responding to criticism from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran was continuing to evade questions about its suspected work to develop nuclear weapons, an influential cleric said Friday that the agency’s chief was ...
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Florida: Student Kills Himself in Front of Webcam - New York Times


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Florida: Student Kills Himself in Front of Webcam
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By AP A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live Webcam as some computer users egged him on and others tried to talk him out of it.
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Another Triumph for Clinton, Many Women Agree - New York Times


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Another Triumph for Clinton, Many Women Agree
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By JODI KANTOR Hillary Rodham Clinton, a first lady turned senator turned almost-president, is now transforming herself again, this time into the nation’s top diplomat.
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Attorney General Collapses While Giving Speech - New York Times


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Attorney General Collapses While Giving Speech
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By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was taken to the hospital after he failed to regain consciousness.
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FDIC Seizes Three Banks, Expanding Loan-Relief Effort - Washington Post


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FDIC Seizes Three Banks, Expanding Loan-Relief Effort
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By Binyamin Appelbaum Federal regulators seized three banks last night, including Downey Savings and Loan Association, a large California mortgage lender, expanding what is by far the most expensive crop of bank failures in modern American history and ...
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Cash-Poor and 'Very Sensitive,' GM to Give Up 2 Jets - Washington Post


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Cash-Poor and 'Very Sensitive,' GM to Give Up 2 Jets
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By Frank Ahrens Struggling General Motors, which was blasted and mocked for using one of its corporate jets to fly chief executive G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
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Mounting Woes at Citigroup Began With Bank’s Failed Bid for Wachovia - New York Times


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Mounting Woes at Citigroup Began With Bank’s Failed Bid for Wachovia
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By BEN WHITE and VIKAS BAJAJ Less than two months ago, Citigroup emerged from the wreckage of the financial crisis as one of the last titans left standing on Wall Street.
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Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm - PC World


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Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm
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The iPhone has stolen the hearts of millions, but nowadays it's far from the only slick-looking touch-screen phone in town. Two recent additions to the pack are T-Mobile's G1, which launched last month, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry Storm, ...
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Obama's Breached Account Inactive - Washington Post


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Obama's Breached Account Inactive
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By Cecilia Kang None of President-elect Barack Obama's voice mails were listened to nor were his e-mails viewed by Verizon Wireless employees who accessed his personal cellphone account, a spokesman on the transition team said yesterday.
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Apple releases iPhone update - VNUNet.com


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Apple releases iPhone update
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The 2.2 version update adds several features to both devices, as well as a host of security and stability improvements. Users will now be able to use the Google street view function on the built-in Maps application for both handsets.
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'Twilight' Countdown: Fans sound off on 'Twilight' - Los Angeles Times

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We're here! Today's the day! By now, many of you have already crossed the finish line. Congrats! But was it worth the wait?
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Jack’s Back! - Newsweek


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Jack’s Back!
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AP source: Geithner likely Treasury pick '24' returns with a two-hour movie—and a hero whose choices are noble, for once.
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Paris Hilton: I'm Still in Love with Benji Madden - People Magazine


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Paris Hilton: I'm Still in Love with Benji Madden
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By Marla Lehner and Sarah Hammel Paris Hilton and Benji Madden Photo by: Diana Zalucky / AP Paris Hilton and Benji Madden may have broken up, but they're still close friends, she said Friday.
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Knicks gain cap space by dealing top scorers - FOXSports.com


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Knicks gain cap space by dealing top scorers
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by Marc Berman, New York Post On the heels of the trade of Jamal Crawford for Al Harrington, Knicks president Donnie Walsh was on the verge of completing a gigantic day by pulling off a second blockbuster that will clear even more salary cap space for ...
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Smith helps Duke top Michigan in MSG title game - Sports Network


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Smith helps Duke top Michigan in MSG title game
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Nolan Smith scored 16 points and Kyle Singler added 15 points and eight rebounds as 10th-ranked Duke topped Michigan, 71-56, in the title game of the 2K Sports Classic Benefiting Coaches vs.
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For Cup, MLS Eyeing Home-Field Advantage - Washington Post

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By Steven Goff LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 -- As MLS prepares to stage its championship game in a stadium thousands of miles from the homes of the participants, the league announced Friday that it is exploring the possibility of providing home-field advantage ...
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