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Published December 31, 1969, 4:00 pm,

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Has Obama made his choice? - Independent Online
Washington - Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, become secretary of state, people familiar with the presidential transition process said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, a source close to the process involving President-elect ...

Al-Qaida deputy insults Obama - Salon
Don't tell some of his detractors -- at this point, they probably can't handle the shock -- but it turns out that al-Qaida isn't exactly enthralled with Barack Obama. In a new audio message, in fact, Ayman al-Zawhri, Osama bin Laden's number two, has some harsh things to say about the president ...

SCENARIOS: What to expect from U.S. auto bailout debate - Reuters
DETROIT (Reuters) - The leaders of General Motors Corp, Chrysler LLC and Ford Motor Co are testifying before the U.S. Congress this week in a bid to secure support for a sweeping government bailout that the struggling automakers and suppliers say they need to survive. Without a bailout, GM and ...

ECONOMY: Housing starts plunge 4.5 percent - Chincoteague Beacon
WASHINGTON ? A government report says construction of new homes plunged 4.5 percent last month to the lowest level on government records, as U.S. builders slashed production while Wall Street nosedived. The Commerce Department reported today that construction of new homes and apartments dropped ...

Congress rebuffs automakers - Statesman Journal
WASHINGTON ? Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress on Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse. Millions of layoffs would follow their demise, they said ...

Judge signs order for children to be removed from Alamo compound - Texarkana Gazette
An order has been signed by a Miller County circuit judge to remove more children from the Tony Alamo Ministries compound in Fouke, Ark. The order was executed late this morning allowing Arkansas State Police and Arkansas Department of Human Services to remove boys and girls from the compound. When ...

MVP! MVP! Red Sox 2nd baseman Pedroia takes home honor - Gloucester Daily Times
NEW YORK ? Boston little man Dustin Pedroia won the AL MVP award yesterday, becoming the first second baseman to earn the honor in nearly a half-century. Pedroia easily beat out Minnesota slugger Justin Morneau and added to his ever-expanding trophy case. Generously listed at 5-foot-9, the Red Sox ...

Britain-Michael Jackson - Meridian Star
LONDON (AP) ? Michael Jackson might be too sick to travel to London to testify in a suit claiming he owes an Arab sheikh $7 million, the pop star's attorney said Tuesday. Jackon is seeking to give his testimony by video link from the United States. "It would be unwise for him to travel, given what ...

Woman given windpipe created in laboratory - CNN
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue engineered from her own stem cells in what experts have hailed as a "milestone in medicine." Claudia Castillo, 30, suffered from tuberculosis for years. The breakthrough allowed Claudia Castillo, 30, to receive a new ...

Big hop forward: Scientists map kangaroo's DNA - USA Today
SYDNEY, Australia ? Taking a big hop forward in marsupial research, scientists say they have unraveled the DNA of a small kangaroo named Matilda. And they've found the Aussie icon has more in common with humans than scientists had thought. The kangaroo last shared a common ancestor with humans 150 ...

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