Bush signs jobless benefits extension
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:52:28 GMT
AP - With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach.
Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:38:25 GMT
AP - Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same square where Iraqis beat a toppled Saddam Hussein statue five years ago.
Gov't: AG doing better after collapse
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:52:40 GMT
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was feeling better Friday after collapsing during a speech, a spokeswoman said, reporting that hospital medical tests showed no signs of a stroke or cardiac-related problem.
Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:33:10 GMT
AP - Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, Kenya's foreign affairs minister said Friday, calling on ship owners not to pay when their vessels are hijacked.
Neb. lawmakers OK age limit in safe-haven law
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:40:20 GMT
AP - Nebraska lawmakers have given final approval to adding a 30-day age limit to the state's safe-haven law.
Wal-Mart names Duke to succeed Scott as CEO
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:48 GMT
AP - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, unexpectedly announced Friday that its chief executive will retire in February and be replaced by the head of its international division.
Stocks show moderate advance after sell-off
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:02:55 GMT
AP - Wall Street took a break from two days of steep selling to show a moderate advance Friday as energy, technology and financial stocks mostly rose.
Palin pardons turkey while others slaughtered
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:22:32 GMT
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background.
Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:49:54 GMT
AP - The show-business marriage that began in a Scottish castle came to an end in a drab London courtroom Friday as Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce.
For toilet-less Vermont library, a new chapter
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Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:52:08 GMT
AP - When you gotta go, you gotta go. But for decades, when you had to go in the Roxbury Free Library, you really had to go ? somewhere else, that is.
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