http://newstalk24.com Up to the minute news and talk radio headlines 24 hrs a day. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:30:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en He has returned to where he did not wish to return. Back to walking the spotted white marble corridors of the Russell Senate Office Building. Back to Room 241, which says "Senator John McCain -- Arizona" on the door, and where a trickle of people stroll in on this morning ... http://newstalk24.com/for-mccain-a-subdued-return-to-capitol-hill By a narrow margin, a House Democratic advisory committee recommended Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.) to be the next chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, rejecting the current chairman, Rep. John D. Dingell (Mich.), who has been a longtime ally of the now-struggling auto industry. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/house-democratic-panel-recommends-waxman-for-energy-chairmanship-boehner-reelected-minority-leader The Obama administration will soon inherit a $35 billion federal housing agency that was a weak backbencher during the housing crisis and moved too late to do much to keep millions of families from going into foreclosure. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/obama-inherits-a-neglected-housing-department-2 Manuel A. Diaz Current job: Mayor of Miami Credentials: The Cuban-born lawyer ran for mayor in 2001, pledging to manage the then-bankrupt city like a business. He balanced the books and won reelection in 2005. He is the outgoing president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/candidates-for-obamas-hud-chief The Republican National Committee yesterday highlighted the role of attorney general candidate Eric H. Holder Jr. in controversial 2001 pardons, but GOP senators avoided direct attacks on Barack Obama's leading choice to lead the Justice Department. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/republicans-point-to-attorney-general-candidate-holders-role-in-clinton-pardons Bill Clinton has agreed to a series of concessions requested by officials representing Barack Obama's presidential transition team, moving his wife one step closer to potentially becoming the next secretary of state. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/bill-clinton-agrees-to-disclose-names-of-foundation-donors Thomas A. Daschle, a former Senate majority leader and a confidant of President-elect Barack Obama, will be nominated as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and will take on a broader role as the administration's health policy chief, said several sources close to the transition... Read Full ... http://newstalk24.com/thomas-daschle-to-be-nominated-as-secretary-of-health-and-human-services Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said late Wednesday. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/ariz-governor-said-to-be-pick-for-homeland-security-post Thomas A. Daschle Born: Dec. 9, 1947, in Aberdeen, S.D. Education: BA, South Dakota State University, 1969 Family: Married to Linda Hall Daschle, a lobbyist representing primarily aviation companies; three children from a previous marriage, Kelly, Nathan and Lindsay. Career highlights: After beco... Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/in-profile-thomas-a-daschle After pledging more than $1 trillion to rescue financial markets, President Bush has fought against a series of proposals for additional bailouts by Democrats and emphasized the benefits of free markets. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/after-wall-street-rescue-bush-changes-course-on-federal-intervention-2 The Saudi foreign minister says the owners of a hijacked oil tanker are negotiating with the pirates that are holding it. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/oil-supertanker-owners-in-ransom-talks-with-pirates Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, describing the president-elect in demeaning terms that imply he does the bidding of whites. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/al-qaeda-no-2-insults-obama-with-racial-epithet A prominent Iranian blogger, nicknamed the Blogfather for spawning Iran?s spectacular blogging revolution, has been arrested in Tehran and accused of spying for Israel. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/iranian-blogfather-charged-with-spying-for-israel A financial trader shot himself in the open outcry pit of Brazil's main financial exchange Tuesday in an apparent suicide attempt, shocking a market already battered by the global credit crisis. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/trader-shoots-himself-at-brazilian-stock-exchange Although the Internet is extremely popular and widely used in Iran, the government is making the medium more restrictive for the country's 21 million users, prohibiting access to more than five million Web sites, Agence France-Presse reported. Read Full Story http://newstalk24.com/report-iran-blocks-millions-of-immoral-web-sites