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For Treasury, Geithner Said to Be Choice; Wall St. Cheers - New York Times
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By JACKIE CALMES WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama will name Timothy F. Geithner, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to be his Treasury secretary, moving to fill a key post at a moment when the quavering financial markets are ...
Video: Obama taps Geithner for Treasury-NBC
Obama Said to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary (Update5)
Bush and Hu meet at Apec summit - BBC News
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US President George W Bush has met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao in Peru on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit. The two discussed North Korea's nuclear programme and the global financial crisis, a White House spokeswoman said.
Bush arrives in Peru for APEC summit
Pacific Rim Leaders Gather For Annual Summit
Pirates bolster defences around hijacked tanker - Times Online
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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.
Somali Islamists 'hunt pirates'
Root cause of Somali pirates' rampancy
UN warns Iran is forging ahead with stockpiling enriched uranium - Financial Times
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By Daniel Dombey in Washington and James Blitz in London Iran is forging ahead with its nuclear programme, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog reported yesterday, deepening the dilemma facing US president-elect Barack Obama over his campaign promise ...
Syria dismisses IAEA report, says probe should end
Syria dismisses nuclear allegations
Grenade wounds Thai demonstrators - BBC News
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A grenade blast has wounded eight anti-government protesters camped outside the Thai prime minister's office in Bangkok, emergency services say.
Grenade wounds 8 outside Thai PM office
Eight Injured in Pre-Dawn Bomb Attack in Thailand, AFP Reports
Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience - USA Today
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MIAMI (AP) - The message OMG popped up next to the live webcam broadcast of Abraham Biggs laying motionless on his bed, followed by LOL and "hahahah.
Officials: Teen commits suicide on webcam as others watch
Florida teen kills self in front of live webcam
Mukasey Leaves the Hospital - New York Times
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By ERIC LICHTBLAU and LIZ ROBBINS WASHINGTON - Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey returned to work at the Justice Department Friday after suffering what aides said was a fainting spell in the middle of a speech the previous night.
Video: Mukasey Feeling Better, Checks Out of Hospital
US Attorney General Feels Fine, Returns to Work
Sidwell Friends School gets new students: Malia and Sasha Obama - Los Angeles Times
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The private Quaker school is the alma mater of Chelsea Clinton, as well as President Nixon's daughters. President-elect Obama and Michelle Obama also considered public schools, aides say.
Obama's Daughters to Attend Sidwell Friends
Obamas Pick Sidwell School, Ending a Washington Guessing Game
Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts - BusinessWeek
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Federal regulators have shut down two big thrifts based in California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state.
US Bancorp acquires Downey, PFF deposits
U.S. seizes "unsound" Downey Savings
Mounting Woes at Citigroup Began With Bank’s Failed Bid for Wachovia - New York Times
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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.
Citigroup talking to US govt as shares dive-source
Citigroup says Mets naming rights deal still in place
Automaker to Return 2 Leased Jets - New York Times
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By LESLIE WAYNE After coming under criticism in Washington, General Motors has decided to return two of its leased corporate jets.
Ford Explores Sale of Corporate Jets
Ford second-guesses corporate jets after criticism
Digital Gear: IPhone Clone Tries to Whip up a Storm - PC World
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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, ...
Scenes From The Eye Of The BlackBerry Storm
BlackBerry Storm Lines Not iPhone Lines, But Still Feisty
Obama's Cell Phone Records Accessed, Verizon Admits - InformationWeek
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The account in question had been inactive for several months and that it was a voice flip-phone rather than a smartphone packed with e-mail and other data.
Video: President-elect Obama's Cell Phone Record Hacked
Obama Verizon Cell Phone Account 'Should Have Been Deleted'
Problems with iPhone 2.2 OS - IntoMobile
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With the iPhone 2.2 OS having just gone live, users are no doubt flocking to iTunes for the iPhone OS update that boasts Google Maps Street View, voice call and email enhancements, and a refreshed iPhone Safari UI.
First Look: Apple's iPhone 2.2 Software Hits The Street (And ...
Apple Releases iPhone 2.2 Update
'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?
The 'Twilight' Reviews Are In!
Fans love the movie 'Twilight'
‘Redemption’ an effort to put ‘24’ back on top - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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By David Kronke The title to “24: Redemption” suggests that the brain trust behind Fox’s breathless and sometimes silly hit thriller realizes it must redeem itself after its subpar 2006-07 season, which just plain sputtered out —- and that, ...
Jack’s Back!
TV Review: '24: Resurrection'
Madonna and Ritchie granted a 'quickie' divorce - AsiaOne
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After nearly eight years of marriage, Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary divorce by a British court. They were married at Skibo Castle in Scotland in December 2000.
Video: Quick Divorce For Madonna, Ritchie
Arts, Briefly Madonna’s Divorce Is Nearly Final
Knicks gain cap space by dealing top scorers - FOXSports.com
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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 ...
Knicks set stage for run at LeBron James with team's best day in ages
New York Knicks deal for Jersey guys
Angel, Red Bulls chasing history - MLS - Major League Soccer
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By Dylan Butler / MLSnet.com Staff CARSON, Calif. -- His contribution on the field is there for all the world to see -- the 16 goals in 26 games, the pure class that is on display every time he touches the ball.
Red Bulls, Crew both gunning for first MLS Cup
Red Bulls to play in CONCACAF tournament
Sorenstam’s Final Shots Fall Short - New York Times
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By LARRY DORMAN WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Her LPGA career ended too soon, with just the 10th missed cut in 303 tournament starts ushering her final official round to a close on Friday.
After final round, Sorenstam picked for drug test
Hull leads; Sorenstam's career ends with missed cut
Autumn Babies More Prone to Asthma - U.S. News & World Report
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By Serena Gordon FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (HealthDay News) -- The season of a baby's birth may help predict that child's risk of asthma, new research suggests.
Fall Babies at Higher Risk for Asthma
Fall Babies May Have Higher Asthma Risk
Many People Disregard Advice to Get HIV Tests - Washington Post
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By David Brown Two years after the federal government recommended that patients in emergency rooms and doctors' offices be routinely tested for HIV, the advice is generally not being followed, according to a large number of studies presented this week ...
Much higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancer
US Lags on HIV Testing Goals
Popular Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties - New York Times
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By GARDINER HARRIS An influential psychiatrist who served as the host of public radio’s popular “The Infinite Mind” program earned at least $1.3 million between 2000 and 2007 giving marketing lectures for drug makers, income not mentioned on the ...
Popular Radio Host Goodwin Tied to Drug Companies
Radio show host receives $1 million from drugmakers
Automakers need to make case for government aid - International Herald Tribune
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AP WASHINGTON: Democratic leaders ordered the United States' Big Three automakers Friday to submit what amounts to a detailed loan application to Congress so lawmakers can decide whether to give the beleaguered industry an emergency $25 billion ...
Congressional Leaders Vow Support for Carmakers
Bailout debate simmers as GM pares output
Analysts: Al-Qaida Seeks to Capitalize on Global Financial Crisis - Voice of America
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By Michael Lipin Analysts say al-Qaida appears to be trying to capitalize on the global economic crisis. They say traffic on al-Qaida-linked Web sites indicates terrorist sympathizers see the financial turmoil as punishment for al-Qaida's enemies.
Video: Al-Qaida No. 2 Insults Obama in New Tape
Al-Qaeda denounces 'hypocrite' Obama
US intelligence report sees shift of power to east - Financial Times
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By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington The world is shifting towards a multi-polar system with a less dominant US and a more powerful China and India, and a "historic" transfer of wealth from west to east, according to a new US intelligence report.
US influence is on the decline, report says
Japan in the future to be caught between US, China: think tank
