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ABC News
Daschle Tapped for HHS Secretary
ABC News - 1 hour ago
By LISA STARK, BRIAN HARTMAN and KATE BARRETT President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday named former Sen. Tom Daschle to lead the nation's Department of Health and Human Services.
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Obama signals priority with Daschle pick Reuters
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ABC News
Dow falls below 8000, S&P at 5-year low
Philadelphia Inquirer - 1 hour ago
AP NEW YORK - Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened investors.
Lay-offs spark Wall Street drop The Press Association
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WELT ONLINE
Prop. 8 gay marriage ban goes to Supreme Court
Los Angeles Times - 29 minutes ago
The California high court will review legal challenges to Prop. 8. A hearing is set for March. Prior to a ruling, gay weddings will not be allowed to resume.
State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8 San Francisco Chronicle
Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban The Associated Press
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Spate of piracy draws Indian counterattack
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
By Hari Kumar, Alan Cowell and Caroline Brothers NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy reported Wednesday that it had sunk a pirate ship in a fierce overnight battle, punctuating a two-week stretch in which at least eight ships have been hijacked around the ...
India leads fight against Somali pirates Christian Science Monitor
Indian navy destroys pirate ship as super-tanker ransom demanded AFP
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BBC News
Chinese president arrives in Peru for state visit, APEC meeting
Xinhua - 38 minutes ago
LIMA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived in Lima on Wednesday for a state visit to Peru and the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting scheduled for Nov. 22-23 in the Peruvian capital.
Climate change momentum fading: Asia-Pacific survey AFP
Peru bets on China's economic muscle BBC News
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Boston Globe
Missiles and Messages
Newsweek - 1 hour ago
In the latest example of a sharp escalation of US air strikes inside Pakistan, an unmanned US drone was killed an alleged Al Qaeda fixer and four associates along the Afghan-Pakistani border, according to reports from the region and a Western ...
Suspected US missile strike kills at least 6 in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
Al-Qaeda leader killed in US missile strike Hindu
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Alaska's Sen. Stevens loses reelection bid
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
By Kim Murphy Reporting from Seattle -- Ted Stevens, the powerful and irascible politician who became an institution in the US Senate while helping to transform Alaska from a rough territory into a modern state, lost his bid for reelection Tuesday, ...
CBS
Stevens Loss Adds to Democrat's Senatorial Clout (Update1) Bloomberg
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CBS News
Democrats, Bush Deadlocked Over Expanding Aid to US Carmakers
Bloomberg - 34 minutes ago
By Nicholas Johnston and John Hughes Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic congressional leaders and the Bush administration are deadlocked over how to provide $25 billion in new aid to the automobile industry with time running short to reach a compromise.
UPDATE 1-US Senate seeks compromise on $25 bln auto bailout Reuters
Congressional auto relief in doubt Detroit Free Press
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BBC News
Al Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama with racial slur in new video
Christian Science Monitor - 51 minutes ago
In what terrorism analysts say is an attempt to show that the president-elect may not meet Muslims expectations for change in the Middle East, Ayman al-Zawahiri called Obama 'dishonorable.
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Qaeda Deputy Notes Obama Victory, With Insult New York Times
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AFP
FED FOCUS-Fed likely to cut funds rate to the bone
Reuters - 56 minutes ago
By Ros Krasny CHICAGO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve seems almost guaranteed to wade into unchartered waters in December and cut its benchmark lending rate below 1.0 percent.
Fed Saw Economy Shrinking Through Mid-2009 Last Month (Update1) Bloomberg
Economy Faces ‘Significant Weakness,’ Fed Says New York Times
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Bailout for automakers? St. Louis bankers say no
Bizjournals.com - 55 minutes ago
St. Louis bankers spoke firmly against a federal bailout of Detroit automakers at a conference Wednesday at Webster University. “Putting $25 billion into auto companies doesn’t address their labor costs, which are twice that of Japanese automakers,” ...
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Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid Washington Post
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
WRAPUP 3-US consumer prices, home starts plunge in October
Reuters - 59 minutes ago
By Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - US consumer prices fell at a record pace in October and new-home building slumped to fresh lows, according to government reports on Wednesday that suggested the economy likely is already in a recession ...
US Economy: Consumer Prices Fall as Deflation Looms (Update2) Bloomberg
Deflation Risk Up As Shoppers Clamp Down Wall Street Journal
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