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ABC News
Daschle Tapped for HHS Secretary
ABC News - 45 minutes 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.
AssociatedPress
Tom Daschle accepts Obama offer to lead Health and Human Services Los Angeles Times
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Calgary Herald
Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
By Lori Montgomery The chieftains of Detroit's Big Three automakers made a desperate appeal to skeptical lawmakers yesterday for $25 billion in emergency loans to forestall the possible collapse of the domestic auto industry, offering to cut their own ...
Chrysler Assessed, Dropped Bankruptcy Before Aid Push (Update1) Bloomberg
Ford Might Be the Winner if the Auto Bailout Fails TIME
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Stevens Loss Adds to Democrat's Senatorial Clout (Update1)
Bloomberg - 50 minutes ago
By Tony Hopfinger Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Alaska Senator Ted Stevens lost his bid to stay in office after his conviction on felony charges as ballot counts two weeks after Election Day gave Democrat Mark Begich an insurmountable lead.
CBS
Reporter's Notebook: Happy Birthday, Sen. Stevens FOXNews
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WELT ONLINE
Somali Pirates Talk Ransom for Supertanker
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By Derek Kilner Pirates holding an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia have begun negotiations over a ransom with the ship's Saudi Arabian owners, according to Saudi Arabia's foreign minister.
Somali pirates warn against fake money Hindu
UK hostage on Saudi tanker named BBC News
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Missiles and Messages
Newsweek - 30 minutes 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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Voice of America
Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade
The Associated Press - 42 minutes ago
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel stood fast Wednesday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.
Rattling the Cage: Clueless in Gaza Jerusalem Post
UN head fears over Gaza blockade BBC News
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FOXNews
Recount begins in Minnesota for US Senate seat
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
Jim Mone / AP Alan Shilepsky, a Coleman observer, left, and Franken observer Zev Aelony watch the recount of Minneapolis ballots in the tight US Senate race between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken in Minneapolis.
Minnesota starts recount for US Senate seat The Associated Press
Minnesota’s Not-So-Nice Ballot Recount New York Times
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USA Today
Leadership panel backs Waxman for energy chairman
The Associated Press - 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the committee with oversight of energy and global warming.
House Democratic leaders pick Waxman to lead energy committee The Miami Herald
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BBC News
Qaeda scorns Obama with racial slur, urges attacks
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming US president's ...
AssociatedPress
Qaeda Deputy Notes Obama Victory, With Insult New York Times
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CBS News
Fed Saw Economy Shrinking Through Mid-2009 Last Month (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Steve Matthews Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers last month predicted the US economy will contract through the middle of 2009, with some prepared to lower interest rates further in response, a record of their meeting showed.
Economy Faces ‘Significant Weakness,’ Fed Says New York Times
Fed Anticipates Further Economic Slowdown Next Year Washington Post
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Times Online
Yahoo Investors Lose Sight Of Company's Cash Holdings
CNNMoney.com - 53 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Investors in Yahoo Inc. (YHOO) have grown so discouraged trying to figure out what the struggling Internet giant's operations are worth, they appear to have lost sight of the parts of the company they can value: its cash and ...
Yahoo Drops to Five-Year Low After Microsoft Says Talks `Done' Bloomberg
Microsoft only interested in buying Yahoo search, Ballmer repeats Bizjournals.com
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Financial Post
US Economy: Consumer Prices Fall as Deflation Looms (Update2)
Bloomberg - 34 minutes ago
By Bob Willis and Timothy R. Homan Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of living in the US fell by the most on record and construction began on the fewest homes ever last month, evidence the economy is in the worst recession in at least a quarter century.
Deflation Risk Up As Shoppers Clamp Down Wall Street Journal
Cheaper gas fuels biggest drop in consumer prices in 61 years Bizjournals.com
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