Jobless claims jump unexpectedly to 16-year high
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:03:05 GMT
AP - New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year.
Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:20:52 GMT
AP - Democratic officials say that Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano is a leading contender for the job of secretary of homeland security in President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
Stocks point lower after jobless claims jump
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:44:48 GMT
AP - Investors list of worries is growing following a government report that weekly unemployment claims have unexpectedly increased.
Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:26:37 GMT
AP - A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.
GMAC files with Fed for bank holding status
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:56:14 GMT
AP - GMAC Financial Services has applied to the Federal Reserve to become a bank holding company, which would allow General Motors' financing arm to be eligible for aid under the Treasury's $700 billion bank rescue plan.
Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:58:38 GMT
AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.
Dems look to stop endangered species rule changes
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:57:42 GMT
AP - With the Bush administration on the verge of relaxing regulations protecting endangered species, Democratic leaders are looking at ways to overturn any last-minute rule changes.
Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:52:06 GMT
AP - D'Zhana Simmons says she felt like a "fake person" for 118 days when she had no heart beating in her chest. "But I know that I really was here," the 14-year-old said, "and I did live without a heart."
Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:39:50 GMT
AP - Ben Affleck is visiting refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo, where at least 250,000 people have been displaced by recent fighting, and says more aid money is needed.
NFL says Cowboys' Pacman Jones can return Dec. 7
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Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:51:30 GMT
AP - The NFL is giving Adam "Pacman" Jones another chance. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday the suspended cornerback has been reinstated by league commissioner Roger Goodell, but he must miss two more games this Sunday and the following game on Thanksgiving. He'll be back Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.
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