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| Mortgage woes mean more pets going to pound |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Bentley, a 3-year-old Lhasa apso, was given up by his owners because they just couldn't afford to keep him any more. With foreclosures disrupting life, from the family house down to the dog house, and as Americans toil through a tough economic landscape, some of their pets face an even bleaker future in the pound. |
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| Transition sources point to Geithner, Richardson |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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President-elect Barack Obama's potential Cabinet began to take shape today, as two sources close to the transition team said that New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner is "on track" to be offered the Treasury secretary post. Sources also said that Gov. Bill Richardson is a serious contender for commerce secretary. |
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| Brown: Auto CEOs need reality check |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Much has been made of the car company CEOs showing up for Congressional hearings in private jets to ask for a taxpayer-funded bailout. |
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| Grenade hits protesters at Thai PM compound |
(Sat, 22 Nov 2008)
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The second grenade attack in three days targeted protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's compound in Bangkok early Saturday, local officials said. |
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| Gadhafi's son praises Libya-U.S. relations |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the eldest son -- and heir apparent -- of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, said he'd like to see "shock treatment" democratization in his country, while his father wants a slower pace. |
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| Prosecutor asks to drop charge against boy, 8 |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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An Arizona prosecutor Friday asked to dismiss one of two murder charges against an 8-year-old boy suspected in the shooting deaths of his father and another man. |
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| Verizon fires workers over Obama records |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected to a breach of records from a cell phone used by President-elect Barack Obama earlier this year, a Verizon source told CNN on Friday. |
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| U.N.: Gunmen kill woman while trying to rape girl |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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Armed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said. |
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| Officials: Teen's suicide seen on Internet |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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With his webcam trained on him, a Florida teenager died in his bed of a drug overdose while others watched over the Internet, officials said Friday. |
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| South Africa teen sentenced for 'racist' murders |
(Fri, 21 Nov 2008)
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A white teen convicted of murdering four blacks, including two children, in a racist killing spree in South Africa's North West province was sentenced Friday to four life terms in prison. |
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