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Breaking NewsNovember 10, 2006
Lame-Duck Senate Won't Approve Bolton

President Bush resubmitted John Bolton's nomination to be U.S.
Ambassador to the U.N., hoping a GOP-led Senate would move ahead on the
stalled process. But Democrats and a key Republican quickly said they
continue to oppose the controversial nominee. 

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World

Official: 150,000 Iraqis Killed Since 2003

Roughly 150,000 Iraqis have been killed since the U.S. invasion more
than three years ago, according to Iraq's Health Minister Ali
al-Shemari. 

# posted by John @ 11/11/2006 08:57:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006

SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN BEGINS PRESIDENTIAL BID, EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE FOR
HIS CAMPAIGN WILL BE CREATED THIS MONTH

# posted by John @ 11/11/2006 08:56:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:00:14 -0800

JHB PROJECTS THE DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE CONTROL OF THE HOUSE

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 09:16:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 08:30:05 -0500
Voters Head To The Polls

After months of campaigning, it's finally time to vote. At stake are all
435 House seats, 33 in the Senate plus 36 races for governor. Democrats
hope to take control of Congress with a gain of at least 15 House seats
and 6 in the Senate. .

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 07:52:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 12:18:28 -0800

SEN. GEORGE ALLEN CONCEDES VIRGINIA SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATS GAIN CONTROL
OF THE SENATE

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 07:47:00 AM 0 comments

11:41 am ET Nov 8, 2006

DJIA

12,138

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1,380

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NASDAQ

2,373

-2.84

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4.66%

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Democrats win House; pair of cliff-hangers hold key to Senate

WASHINGTON
Washington and the world woke up Wednesday morning to a new political
reality: an energized Democratic party solidly in control of the House
of Representatives, and control of the Senate hanging on two races in
which Democrats hold narrow leads.
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Bush faces new reality on Capitol Hill

On Tuesday night, House and Senate Republicans paid for Bush’s hubris
as well as their own as voters ended 12 years of GOP rule in the House
and at least narrowed Republicans’ edge in an already narrowly divided
Senate.
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EADS posts unexpected quarterly loss on A380 charges

LONDON
Airbus parent and European defense giant EADS on Wednesday said it
slipped into the red in the third quarter, after problems with its A380
superjumbo program and a weak U.S. dollar ate into profit.

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 07:07:00 AM 0 comments

Quotes & News:
11:41 am ET Nov 6, 2006

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U.S. stocks rally on string of deals, upbeat Fed-official remarks

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks rallied Monday, with the technology sector pacing the
advance on a string of deals and positive remarks on the economy from a
Fed official, with shares of the Four Seasons Hotel Inc. surging on a
$3.7 billion takeover offer.
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Regulators in U.S., U.K. eye private equity

NEW YORK
American and U.K. regulators are looking into their oversight roles in
the exploding private-equity market, and the U.S. Department of Justice
is reported to be looking particularly closely at the purchase of former
Ford unit Hertz.
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Four Seasons gets $3.7 billion bid from CEO, Gates, Bin Talal

NEW YORK
Four Seasons Hotels Inc. said it received a takeover offer of $82 a
share, or $3.7 billion, from investors including its current chief
executive, Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and Microsoft Chairman Bill
Gates.
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Abbott to pay hefty premium for Kos Pharma, cholesterol drugs

CHICAGO
Abbott Laboratories said Monday that it will pay $3.7 billion for Kos
Pharmaceuticals Inc., in a move that will add two major cholesterol
drugs to its product lineup.
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The Fed: Moskow sees economy bouncing back from weak Q3

WASHINGTON
The U.S. economy should bounce back from the weak third quarter and
average "somewhat below" a 3% real GDP growth rate over the next year,
said Michael Moskow, the president of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
on Monday.

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 02:23:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 10:00:12 -0800
BREAKING NEWS

November 8, 2006

Defense Secretary Rumsfeld steps down

Republican officials say Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping
down. Word comes a day after the Democratic gains in the election, in
which Rumsfeld was a focus of much of the criticism of the Iraq war.

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 02:23:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 09:40:44 -0800

DEMOCRAT JOHN TESTER DEFEATS REPUBLICAN CONRAD BURNS IN MONTANA SENATE
RACE; CONTROL OF SENATE HANGS ON VA. RACE

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 01:21:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:10:59 -0800

PRESIDENT BUSH TAPS FORMER CIA CHIEF ROBERT GATES TO REPLACE DONALD
RUMSFELD AS DEFENSE SECRETARY, AP REPORTS

# posted by John @ 11/10/2006 12:15:00 AM 0 comments

4:30 pm ET Nov 8, 2006

DJIA

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U.S. stocks rise as market takes positive view of election

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks ended higher Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial
Average setting a new record close, after investors concluded that
little market-moving legislation is likely to come out of the new
Democratic party-controlled House of Representatives and a Senate whose
leadership remains uncertain.
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Defense Secretary Rumsfeld resigns; Bush names successor

WASHINGTON
A day after voters angry about Iraq ousted Republicans from control of
the U.S. House of Representatives, President Bush announced that Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld would leave the Pentagon.
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Republicans got a thumpin'; Rumsfeld, Hastert step aside

WASHINGTON
After receiving what President Bush called a "thumping" in Tuesday's
election, the Republicans in Washington looked to new leaders on
Wednesday to deal with a newly empowered Democratic Party on Capitol
Hill.

# posted by John @ 11/09/2006 09:38:00 PM 0 comments

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 15:16:03 -0500

Republican Sen. George Allen of Virginia admits defeat in Senate race.
The result gives Democrats a working majority in both houses of
Congress.

# posted by John @ 11/09/2006 03:59:00 PM 0 comments

Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:15:32 -0800

LEGENDARY '60 MINUTES' CORRESPONDENT ED BRADLEY HAS DIED

# posted by John @ 11/09/2006 12:54:00 PM 0 comments

11 MILLION BOTTLES OF STORE-BRAND ACETAMINOPHEN RECALLED BECAUSE OF
CONTAMINATION WITH METAL FRAGMENTS

# posted by John @ 11/09/2006 09:45:00 AM 0 comments

November 8, 2006

AP:Democrats take control of U.S. Senate

(November 8, 2006) The Associated Press reports that Democrats have won
control of Senate with Jim Webb victory in Virginia.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2006 08:56:00 PM 0 comments

Democrats pick up Senate seats in 4 states
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Democrats defeated Republican senators in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri
and
Rhode Island on Tuesday, four of the six seats they needed to wrest
control of the chamber from Republicans. They were leading early today
against incumbents in Montana and Virginia.

Democrats make gains in governor mansions
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Democrats reclaimed governorships from the
Northeast to the Rockies, putting them on track to take a majority of
the governorships for the first time in 12 years.

Democrat-led House will try to help with college costs
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With college costs surging, Democratic leaders in the House have made
reducing those costs one of their top priorities.

New House Finance chair has equality, fairness on agenda
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Expect sharp wit, tough oversight and a sharply different emphasis when
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, 66, becomes chairman of the
House Financial Services Committee, overseeing banking, housing and
corporate governance.

Dem win means changes in tax agenda
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The Democrats have won control of the House. What will it mean for your
tax returns?

# posted by John @ 11/08/2006 10:46:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006

Democrats won control of the House of Representatives early Wednesday
after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a
war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2006 10:03:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 17:59:56 -0800
BREAKING NEWS

November 7, 2006

Clinton, Spitzer win in New York

Incumbent Senator Hillary Clinton is the projected winner in the New
York Senate race with a victory over Republican challenger John Spencer.
Democrat Eliot Spitzer is also projected as the next governor with a win
over Republican John Faso.

# posted by John @ 11/07/2006 09:21:00 PM 0 comments

Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:39:16 -0800

FIRST PRELIMINARY EXIT POLL RESULTS: NEARLY 6 IN 10 VOTERS DISAPPROVE OF
THE WAR IN IRAQ AND THE WAY BUSH IS HANDLING HIS JOB

# posted by John @ 11/07/2006 06:12:00 PM 0 comments

中國經濟發展如何應對能源問題？

面對能源和環境壓力，世界經濟的石油驅動模式應該如何面對新挑戰？中國應該執行何種能源政策，以對付環境污染及石油高價的挑戰？More...go
to
http://www.bloglines.com/blog/johnDispatch
or go to LINKS and click 'John's Journal'

# posted by John @ 11/07/2006 09:55:00 AM 0 comments

Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2006 04:08:02 -0500

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein sentenced to death by hanging for
crimes against humanity.

# posted by John @ 11/05/2006 09:27:00 AM 0 comments