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Guantanamo guards struggle with hunger striker
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AP - Three years ago, the man known as Internment Serial Number 669 stopped eating. Ahmed Zaid Zuhair, a father of 10 children in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, had been held at Guantanamo Bay since 2002 without charges and decided to join a mass hunger strike in protest. The U.S. military was determined not to let him succeed.
Will Ferrell's Bush meets Fey's Palin on `SNL'..
AP - Appearing as President Bush on the primetime edition of "Saturday Night Live," Will Ferrell offered his political "strategery" to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin.
FBI: Child-prostitution roundup snares over 600
More than 600 adults have been arrested and 47 children were rescued in a three-day roundup targeting people who force children into prostitution.
Republican official criticizes Al-Jazeera video
A Republican Party official in Ohio is claiming that the English-language channel of Al-Jazeera news network has taken racist comments from local people who attended a Sarah Palin rally out of context.
What will loser of the American presidential race do
In less than three days from now, the names of America’s 2008 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees will no longer be automatically linked together, as they have been for the last few m...
At $5b, costliest poll ever in US
The battle for the White House between John McCain and Barack Obama is expected to be the most expensive ever with over $5 billion estimated to be spent on the election cycle. As much as $5.3 bi...
4 Senate Seats Still Hang In Balance
(CBS News) While the 2008 presidential election came to a decisive conclusion on Election Day, four Senate race outcomes remained murky.On Tuesday, Democrats coupled gains of at least 17 seats in the...
Jurors get conflicting views of Stevens
Jurors were offered conflicting views of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens during a four-week corruption trial: a cantankerous but credible senator who didn't know he was being lavished with free gifts, or a sour-faced, scheming one who thought he knew how to quietly get undisclosed freebies.
Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink
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AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.
Gay marriages to begin next month in Connecticut
Officials are gearing up for the day next month when gay and lesbian couples can begin tying the knot in the state of Connecticut.
Boss gives Biden cupcakes for his 66th birthday
What does an accomplished man of the world get for his 66th birthday?
Treasury Chief Faces Bailout Plan Critics
Two months after AIG, the nation's largest insurance company, received a huge financial bailout it will be receiving more help from Washington. Anthony Mason reports. |
Work starts on new Pearl Harbor visitor's center
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AP - Aging, frail survivors of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor gingerly sifted dirt as they helped to break ground on a new visitor's center for the USS Arizona Memorial.
McCain's veep choice sailed into a holy gale
The United States hasn't seen the last of Sarah Palin, win or lose.
Hoop-star Obama could have basketball court built at White H..
Richard Nixon had a bowling alley installed at the White House; Gerald Ford, a swimming pool; and now, the residence of US presidents could house a basketball court to cater to the sporting talents of...
Federal agents take on Mongols motorcycle gang
Authorities say they have arrested at least 31 members of the outlaw motorcycle gang known as the Mongols in a half-dozen states.
Federal Judge To Hear Murtha Defamation Case
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A Marine who sued Rep. John Murtha for defamation wants a federal appeals court to order the Pennsylvania Democrat to testify under oath in the case. An attorney for Staff Sgt...
American art museum opens up to French paintings
In the lush countryside painted by Claude Monet lies an unusual gem: a museum of US art in the cradle of French Impressionism. Now after 16 years, it is shedding its American label to tell a wider sto...
At Miami conference, GOP governors vow to right the ship
Gov. Sarah Palin took center stage in the last day of a GOP governors conference where leaders asked themselves where the party is headed -- but did not find clear answers.
Drug-coated stents top bare metal in diabetics
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - More expensive drug-coated stents were more effective in reducing the risk of repeat surgical procedures, heart attack and death in patients with diabetes, compared with older ...
Pricey paintings fail to make splash at New York art auction
On Day 2 of the fall auction season, a Russian masterpiece expected to sell for up to $3 million US at auction did not find a buyer Wednesday, further underscoring the impact of the global financial c...
Study finds dubious information helped lead to torture of 3 ..
Three Canadian men who traveled to Syria independently and for personal reasons were arrested and jailed upon arrival.
Treasury chief is Obama’s first test
Barack Obama will face his first brutal test of how well he is managing his 10-week White House transition period when the stock market reacts to his announcement of the next Treasury secretary – po...
Pay to veterans is off by $20 million
WASHINGTON – The Pentagon, in a rush to shrink a backlog of unprocessed claims, wrongfully denied money to nearly 2,000 severely disabled veterans, a House lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Denni...
SC boy shot, killed trick-or-treating; 2 injured
South Carolina was shot from inside a home Friday and killed, and his father and brother were wounded by the gunfire, authorities said.The shooting suspect,
Obama to Inherit Faltering Economy
President-elect Barack Obama will face the worst economic crisis the country has experienced since the Great Depression of the 1930s. What began with the explosion of the housing bubble has unfolded i...
San Francisco’s Prostitutes Support a Proposition
SAN FRANCISCO — When Proposition K was added to Tuesday’s ballot, many people likely snickered at the possibility that San Francisco might take its place alongside such prostitute-friend...
Effigy of hanging Palin prompts visit from feds
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — Chad Morrisette never imagined his Halloween yard decorations would prompt interest from the Secret Service. But apparently hanging a mannequin of Republican vic...
Fierce early-season blizzard traps SD motorists
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AP - A wintry blast of punishing wind and close to 4 feet of snow in places pummeled the Northern Plains on Thursday, stranding unknown numbers of motorists for a day or more and knocking out power to thousands.
Exploring San Francisco by cable car
SAN FRANCISCO -- Some 7.5 million people ride San Francisco's cable cars each year. Many of them board at Powell and Market streets, the famous turnaround site at the end of the line. Here tourists c...
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