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The Coast Guard on Saturday nearly doubled the number of ships working
to clean up San Francisco Bay's worst oil spill in nearly two decades as
rescue teams raced to save hundreds of seabirds tarred with black
shipping fuel. 

# posted by John @ 11/10/2007 06:08:00 PM 0 comments

Norman Mailer, one of the last surviving literary lions to roar out of
World War II, died Saturday morning. He was 84.

# posted by John @ 11/10/2007 12:11:00 PM 0 comments

Retired federal judge Michael Mukasey was sworn in Friday as the
nation's 81st attorney general, filling a vacancy left when Alberto
Gonzales resigned amid questions about his credibility.

# posted by John @ 11/09/2007 06:05:00 PM 0 comments

A Pakistani official said that political opposition leader Benazir
Bhutto has been freed from an order of hosue arrest, but reports
indicate police and barriers remain outside her home in Islamabad.

# posted by John @ 11/09/2007 06:01:00 PM 0 comments

Ex-NYPD Chief Kerik Turns Himself In

Former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik surrendered
Friday to face federal corruption charges. Kerik, the commissioner under
then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani, has been indicted on corruption charges, a
person close to the investigation said. 

# posted by John @ 11/09/2007 12:20:00 PM 0 comments

Pakistani police have put political opposition leader Benazir Bhutto
under house arrest and clashed with her supporters outside and in other
cities across Pakistan. Also, a bomb blast has killed at least four
people at a government minister's house. 

# posted by John @ 11/09/2007 08:55:00 AM 0 comments

The Senate has confirmed Michael Mukasey as the nation's 81st attorney
general.

# posted by John @ 11/09/2007 08:11:00 AM 0 comments

A FEDERAL GRAND JURY HAS VOTED TO INDICT EX-N.Y. CITY POLICE
COMMISSIONER BERNARD KERIK ON CHARGES STEMMING FROM TAX EVASION AND
CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 06:06:00 PM 0 comments

Candidates use the Internet to generate buzz, draw grass-roots support
and raise record amounts of money. But in the intense, round-the-clock
world of online presidential campaigning, the good comes with the bad,
reports the Washington Post.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 05:14:00 PM 0 comments

Late-day rally sends Dow into the black. Nasdaq still in the red but
well off its lows with 15 minutes left in the session.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 04:13:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 12:23:00 PM 0 comments

The captain of a cruise ship with 66 people aboard ran the vessel
aground near Virginia Beach, Va., after it began taking on water, the
U.S. Coast Guard said. No injuries were reported. 

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 12:11:00 PM 0 comments

Bernanke tells Congress that Fed remains concerned about mortgages, oil
prices.

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 11:39:00 AM 0 comments

A U.S. military helicopter crashed in northern Italy today and five
people were believed to have been killed, local news agencies
reported. 

# posted by John @ 11/08/2007 09:15:00 AM 0 comments

General Motors loses $39 billion in quarter after tax-related charge;
operating results well below forecast.

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 07:11:00 PM 0 comments

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) - Discovery and its crew landed at the Kennedy Space
Center on Wednesday to conclude a 15-day space station build and
repair mission that was among the most challenging - and heroic - in
shuttle history.

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 07:08:00 PM 0 comments

Morgan Stanley says it is taking a $3.7 billion writedown on the firm's
subprime mortgage exposure.

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 07:00:00 PM 0 comments

DISMAL CLOSE ON WALL STREET: DOW DROPS MORE THAN 360 POINTS IN THE LAST
HOUR OF TRADING

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 06:45:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 12:54:00 PM 0 comments

At least seven people have been killed and 10 injured in a shooting at a
school in Finland, hours after a video appeared on YouTube predicting a
massacre at the same school. 

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 12:14:00 PM 0 comments

President Bush has accepted recommendations from an advisory panel and
announced steps to protect Americans from unsafe products from abroad
after a rash of recalls of dangerous toothpaste, dog food and toys. 

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 10:15:00 AM 0 comments

Oil prices jumped above $98 a barrel today, a new record, amid
expectations of declining U.S. supplies. The falling dollar and OPEC's
apparent reluctance to pump more crude into the market also boosted
prices. 

# posted by John @ 11/07/2007 10:12:00 AM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 11/06/2007 01:57:00 PM 0 comments

A divided Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to send the nomination of
Michael Mukasey to the full Senate, despite criticism from some
Democrats over his position on waterboarding. He's expected to easily
win confirmation. 

# posted by John @ 11/06/2007 12:17:00 PM 0 comments

WASHINGTON (AP - The Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination
of
Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey to the Senate floor Tuesday,
virtually ensuring his confirmation before Thanksgiving.

# posted by John @ 11/06/2007 11:24:00 AM 0 comments

Post President Bush called on Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to
hold elections and relinquish his army post "as soon as possible," as
the U.S. continued to voice its disappointment at Musharraf's decision
to impose a state of emergency. 

# posted by John @ 11/05/2007 04:52:00 PM 0 comments

Citigroup says Prince out as chairman, CEO; Robert Rubin is interim
chairman; further writedowns expected this quarter.

# posted by John @ 11/04/2007 07:16:00 PM 0 comments

CEO Prince reportedly resigns from Citigroup. Robert Rubin named
chairman; Sir Win Bischoff named interim CEO, the WSJ reports.

# posted by John @ 11/04/2007 06:36:00 PM 0 comments

Since declaring a state of emergency, more than a thousand political
opponents of Pakistani President Musharraf has been arrested. Opposition
leader Benazir Bhutto predicted that the country could slip into civil
war "in a day or two." 

# posted by John @ 11/04/2007 04:52:00 PM 0 comments

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# posted by John @ 11/04/2007 12:59:00 PM 0 comments