Ruppersberger favors keeping Gates as defense chief, more space technology research (Baltimore Sun)
Ruppersberger favors keeping Gates as defense chief, more space technology research The incoming Obama administration must stop the legendary struggles between the Pentagon and the CIA over control of intelligence, Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, a key member of the House Intelligence Committee, said yesterday. |
Big Three 'optimistic' about keeping continent-wide auto industry: Clement (MSN Money Canada)
DETROIT - The Big Three automakers are "optimistic" about keeping a continent-wide industry, even though they feel "sideswiped" by a sharp decline in U.S. sales, Industry Minister Tony Clement said Wednesday. |
Recession blues play on (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
World economic misery spread on Thursday with forecasts of a global recession running well into 2009, Japan's exports to Asia falling for the first time in six years and job losses mounting. |
Beshear loyalists find a haven (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Gov. Steve Beshear's Office of Homeland Security is becoming a popular entrance to the state payroll for his friends, Democratic political activists and donors. This month, Ralph Coldiron . who meets all three criteria . started a $100,000-a-year job at Homeland Security as executive director of emergency telecommunications services. Previously, he worked with Beshear chief of staff Adam ... |
President-Elect Barack Obama, Congressional Democrats Frame Health Care, Other Proposals As Job-Creation Plans (Medical News Today)
President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats have begun to frame their proposals for health care and other issues as "job-creation measures" in response to the current economic downturn, the Washington Post reports. |
Hawley St. Fire Contained to Mattress (R News)
Fire forced some Rochester residents from their home Thursday morning. The fire broke out on Hawley Street just before 6 a.m. Firefighters say it began on a mattress in an upstairs bedroom in the back of the house. Crews were able to contain the fire to the mattress. |
Obamas Cabinet: Clinton ponders State, Daschle takes HHS job (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a significant concession aimed at helping smooth the path for his wife to become the next secretary of state. |
Clement says Big 3 execs optimistic (London Free Press)
DETROIT -- The Big Three automakers are "optimistic" about keeping a continent-wide industry, even though they feel "sideswiped" by a sharp decline in U.S. sales, Industry Minister Tony Clement said yesterday. |
Businesses wait on bailout decision (Cadillac News)
WASHINGTON - Top Senate Democrats suggested Wednesday that a bill to rescue Detroit’s Big Three automakers was stalled and challenged the Bush administration to take steps to save the industry if congressional efforts falter. The White House quickly rebuffed the suggestion. |
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AL-QAIDA'S NO. 2 CALLS OBAMA 'HOUSE SLAVE': Ayman al-Zawahri says president-elect is 'direct opposite of honorable Malcolm X.' |
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