Politics
Perino: Bush would sign jobless benefits extension
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 9:53am
AP - With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.
Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 9:44am
AP - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is the likely choice for the job of secretary of homeland security, a top Obama adviser said Thursday.
Detroit automakers’ rescue stalls in Senate
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:48am
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.
Waxman wrests control of Energy and Commerce panel from Dingell
(Bloomberg)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:56am
Bloomberg - Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Representative Henry Waxman won the
chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, ousting
John Dingell, the longest serving member of the U.S. House.
Obama’s Interior department may have hand in emissions rules
(Politico)
20 Nov 2008 at 4:50am
Politico - The Interior Department could play an unprecedented role in shaping the new administration’s attempts to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Sen. Clinton weighing secretary of state post
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 4:42pm
AP - Associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is hers if she wants it.
A first for Columbia
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:54am
AP - It’s taken two and a half centuries but Columbia College, one of the oldest in the nation, finally will have a president who will be the first Columbia-degree holder to occupy the Oval Office.
CIA report raises questions about 2001 shoot down
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 11:19am
AP - A classified CIA report on the 2001 shoot down of a small plane carrying American missionaries by the Peruvian air force suggests that U.S. officials may have misled Congress and withheld information from the Justice Department.
Panel: China has accelerated computer espionage
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 10:07am
AP - China has accelerated computer espionage attacks on the U.S. government, defense contractors and American businesses, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.
California court to hear gay marriage ban case
(Reuters)
20 Nov 2008 at 4:31am
Reuters - California’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime.
Beaujolais Nouveau hits bars after poor crop
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 6:10am
AP - The 2008 edition of Beaujolais Nouveau wine is here, and vintners hope it will lift spirits despite the financial crisis and a dismal crop.
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