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| Feds investigate ex-union head |
| DETROIT -- Walter Ralph Mabry, the former Detroit-area head of the carpenters union convicted of corruption charges in 2006, is under federal investigation in connection with an alleged kickback schem... |
| US food banks report spike on Thanksgiving |
| The line for a Thanksgiving holiday meal was long when the Chicago Christian Industrial League shelter opened Thursday morning, and volunteers served more than 200 people in the first 40 minutes — record demand for the shelter. |
| NTSB: Design errors caused 2007 bridge collapse |
| The metal plates holding the bridge together were simply too small. Then workers piled on nearly 300 tons of construction material. It all collapsed. Thirteen people died. |
| Russian warships approach Venezuela under US gaze
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 AFP - Russian warships approached Venezuela Monday for upcoming joint maneuvers -- Moscow's first military presence in the region since the Cold War -- as Washington closely monitored the situation.
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| Rahm Emanuel to be White House chief of staff |
| With Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, President-elect Obama has chosen a consummate navigator of the capital's political terrain. |
| VA says it can handle strains of new GI Bill |
| By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The government sought Tuesday to dismiss concerns that it might try to delay rollout of the new GI Bill, pledging to be ready to handle growing ... |
| Christmas show debuts at Comcast Center lobby |
| "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" is sung in the show by Keystone State Boychoir and Pennsylvania Girlchoir of the Commonwealth Youth Choir. |
| Alan Colmes is leaving 'Hannity & Colmes' TV show
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 AP - Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity is losing his liberal half. Alan Colmes of the network's "Hannity & Colmes" said Monday that he'll be leaving the prime-time show after 12 years. He'll continue as a commentator on Fox programs, keep doing his radio show and is developing a weekend show at Fox.
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| Alaska senator defiant in face of charges |
| Two days after Senator Ted Stevens was convicted of failing to disclose more than $250,000 in gifts and home renovations, he was in Alaska calling it "a temporary situation." |
| Gunman arrested after Maine students held hostage |
| STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine – A gunman who had been on the lam for a week held 11 fifth-graders hostage at a school Friday but was tackled outside a classroom without any harm to the children, polic... |
| New York opens new counterterrorism nerve center |
| The setting could pass for a high-tech trading floor: men in dark suits, sitting at tiered banks of desks, studying a steady stream of video and data on floor-to-ceiling monitors. |
| Fort Bragg baby boom overwhelms hospitals |
| Soldiers at the base and their spouses spearheaded a 50 percent surge in births over the previous year, with the main Army hospital reporting about 300 new babies a month. |
| FDA finds traces of melamine in top-selling U.S. infant formula
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 AP - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but a top official said it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it.
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| Clinton as secretary of state: It's not as crazy as you think |
| Advisers to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama said that the two were not as far apart on foreign policy as they seemed to be during the nomination battle. |
| Blast goes off outside stadium in Pakistan's Peshawar
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| Reuters - A blast went off outside a stadium in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday, soon after a sports tournament had ended, causing some casualties, police said. |
| Coffee shortages in Venezuela before election
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| Reuters - Coffee has disappeared from many Venezuelan supermarkets, highlighting economic problems ahead of local and regional elections in which politicians allied with President Hugo Chavez may lose key posts. |
| Gay Advocates Protest Marriage Ban Across Nation |
| Alexander Sanchez of San Francisco, waves a rainbow colored flag to a large crowd of supporters of same-sex marriage as they cheer in front of San Francisco City Hall on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008. Thous... |
| Ex-health care CEO convicted in $1.9B fraud case |
| COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury on Friday convicted the former CEO of a failed health-care financing company in a $1.9 billion fraud case that prosecutors likened to the Enron or WorldCom scanda... |
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