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Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs (Reuters)  

2008-11-23 04:17

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (R) nods as he listens to President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Timothy Geithner before addressing the Economic Club of New York in this October 15, 2008 file photo. (Lucas Jackson/Files/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.


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Obama to name Geithner, Summers to economic posts (AP)  

2008-11-23 04:15

President-elect Barack Obama leaves after having dinner at a friend's home in Chicago, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - President-elect Barack Obama will announce the leaders of his economic team Monday, naming Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers to direct the National Economic Council, transition officials said.


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Shots in Wash. mall after argument prove fatal (AP)  

2008-11-23 03:53

AP - Shots erupted in a packed Seattle-area shopping mall Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and two other young men, killing one of the men, creating panic among shoppers and sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said.
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Astronauts finish longest spacewalk outside station (Reuters)  

2008-11-23 03:41

Astronaut Shane Kimbrough waves to fellow spacewalker and photographer Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper in this photo taken November 20, 2008 and released by NASA on November 21, 2008, as construction and maintenance continued on the International Space Station. (NASA/Reuters)Reuters - Two shuttle Endeavour astronauts finished the longest of their planned spacewalks outside the orbiting International Space Station on Saturday, a nearly seven-hour effort aimed at cleaning and repairing a contaminated joint on the station's solar power array.


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Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald's get online (AP)  

2008-11-23 03:07

AP - Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.
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Bush bids farewell with impassioned 'freedom' plea (AFP)  

2008-11-23 03:05

US President George W. Bush is introduced before his address during the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Bush, bidding farewell to the international stage, on Saturday offered a sweeping defense of free trade, demanding the world resist protectionism during the financial turmoil.(AFP/Mandel Ngan)AFP - US President George W. Bush, bidding farewell to the international stage, offered a sweeping defense of free markets as leaders from across the Pacific rim vowed to resist protectionism.


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Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization (AP)  

2008-11-23 03:03

Actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, Alan Rosenberg, poses for a portrait in this March 17, 2003, file photo taken in Los Angeles. The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday Nov. 22, 2008 that contract talks with Hollywood studios has failed despite the help of a federal mediator and it will now ask its members to authorize a strike. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, File)AP - The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator.


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APEC leaders say no to protectionism, yes to Doha (AP)  

2008-11-23 03:00

Peru's President Alan Garcia, right, welcomes President George W. Bush upon his arrival at the first meeting of leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation, APEC, summit in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)AP - Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.


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Endeavour astronauts complete third spacewalk  

2008-11-22 21:58

Astronauts from the shuttle Endeavour completed their third spacewalk Saturday evening after spending nearly seven hours cleaning and lubricating a major joint on the international space station.
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FSU safety named Rhodes scholar  

2008-11-22 20:30

MOUNTAIN BROOK, Ala. -- Florida State professor Sally Karioth bought two cards to give her prized pupil Saturday; one for good news and one for bad. Had Myron Rolle opened the bad-news card, it would have played the old Band-Aid jingle.
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Iraqi parliament plans vote on security pact  

2008-11-22 15:47

Iraq's parliament has wrapped up debate on a proposed security pact between the United States and Baghdad and is expected to vote on the heavily protested deal by midweek.
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Obama's vetting could chase away candidates  

2008-11-22 08:10

As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama became known as "No Drama Obama" for the meticulous scrutiny he applied to nearly every speech, strategy decision and personnel appointment. But some political observers say the president-elect's similar caution may be turning away qualified candidates for key administration posts.
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