AP: Under mounting pressure to act, the Bush administration said Friday it was ready to step in and prevent the U.S. auto industry from collapsing after the Senate refused to pass a rescue bill endorsed by the White House and
CNN: The utility worker, a meter reader, picked up a bag at the site and a skull fell out.
AP: Majority Democrats and the Bush White House have finalized a deal to spend $15 billion on emergency loans for struggling U.S. automakers, congressional officials said Wednesday. Among some Republican lawmakers, stiff opposition lingered.
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CCTV: Football was one of the highlights, where the robots showed off their high-tech visual capabilities. This year saw the participation of more than 400 teams from 110 universities and institutions around China, as well as 10 teams from overseas.
Reuters: Since launching two weeks ago on Rakuten, a major Japanese web shopping mall, the Wishroom shop has sold over 300 men’s bras for 2,800 yen ($30) each.
Politico: Liberals are growing increasingly nervous — and some just flat-out angry — that President-elect Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them on Cabinet jobs and policy choices.
AP: David Gregory’s new job as moderator of “Meet the Press” is official with the announcement on the long-running NBC television interview program that he will take over starting next Sunday.
A plaza inside the stadium where the Buffalo Bills play will be named after the late NBC newsman.
Reuters: It will be released in the spring, and its image will be revealed on Monday at New York’s Ellis Island, a former entry point for immigrants that Hope passed through when he came to the United States from England
AFP: “They are from across the border and perhaps from Faridkot, Pakistan. They tried to pretend that they were from Hyderabad,”
Washington Post: The move came after members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) broke through police lines and roamed through the sprawling $4 billion terminal, southeast of Bangkok, as startled tourists looked on.
MSNBC: Supporters of Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., have adopted a new tactic to beat Democrat Jim Martin in the upcoming Georgia run-off election. A mailer warning that “only your vote can stop the liberal Democrats†featuring Senate Majority Leader Harry
AP: President-elect Barack Obama pledged Monday to honor the commitments the outgoing Bush administration has made to rescue financial markets and urged the new, incoming Congress to pass a major stimulus package “right away” to restore growth and create jobs.
Guardian: She weighs a mere 52kg and stands a little over five feet tall, but Eri Yoshida is to about to become the first woman to play in Japan’s all-male professional baseball league.
AP: Daschle is a close adviser to Obama throughout the Illinois senator’s White House campaign. He recently wrote a book on his proposals to improve health care, and he is working with former Senate leaders on recommendations to improve the
