Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat
(AP)
Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 3:24 am
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.
Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech
(AP)
Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 4:04 am
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized but conscious and alert early Friday after collapsing during a late-night speech to a conservative legal group.
Clinton cuts down the size of her debt
(AP)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 9:25 pm
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has reduced the size of her presidential campaign debt to less than $7.5 million as of Nov. 1, according to campaign finance reports filed Thursday.
Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise
(AP)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 10:56 pm
AP - Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.
Three ABC programs hear no pickup lines
(Reuters)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 11:48 pm
Reuters - ABC has decided against giving full-season orders to "Pushing Daisies," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone," but is not officially saying that the struggling shows are canceled.
Children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
(AP)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 8:04 pm
AP - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs — he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly.
Asia, Europe stocks rebound after Wall Street rout
(AP)
Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 3:26 am
AP - Most Asian and European markets rebounded Friday after sharp declines in recent days as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.
Adviser says Fred Thompson plans return to acting
(AP)
Posted on 20 Nov 2008 at 9:04 pm
AP - Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.
Baghdad locked down for U.S. troop pact protest
(Reuters)
Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 2:15 am
Reuters - Iraqi forces shut streets in Baghdad and placed snipers on rooftops on Friday before a protest by followers of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr against a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain for three more years.
Report says CIA withheld info from White House
(AP)
Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 3:52 am
AP - The CIA withheld information from the White House, Justice Department and Congress about the 2001 shooting down of a plane over Peru carrying an American missionary family, part of a yearslong cover-up of lethal violations in U.S. drug-interdiction procedures, according to a classified internal CIA report.