Shelby favors changing automaker management teams
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The senior Republican on the Banking Committee said Wednesday he doesn't believe there will be a turnaround in the troubled U.S. auto industry until its top management is ousted and its ...
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Obama to usher in major shift in trade policy
By JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The election of Barack Obama has delivered a decisive victory to "fair traders," mainly Democrats and their allies who for years have contended that the free-trade policies of past administr ...
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Alaska Sen. Stevens' defeat marks end of an era
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press Writer
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Sen. Ted Stevens' election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in Alaska politics while wielding power on some of the most influential committee ...
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AP Interview: US military can meet Obama demands
By ANNE GEARAN and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday the Pentagon is developing plans to get troops quickly out of Iraq and into Afghanistan to battle a more confident and su ...
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Big Three automakers running out of time
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Detroit's Big Three automakers are running out of time in their quest to convince skeptical lawmakers that Congress should throw them a $25 billion lifeline.
Top executives with General Motors, ...
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Student bonfire blamed for 1 of 3 Calif. wildfires
By SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- With a trio of once-ferocious wildfires reduced to mostly embers, authorities in Southern California shifted their attention from the blazes to their causes, and said a group ...
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Will Clinton pardon of tax fugitive haunt Holder?
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
and MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writers
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first black man elected U.S. president is poised to name Washington lawyer Eric Holder as the nation's first black attorney general -- a historic appointmen ...
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Clinton lawyers vetting her for secretary of state
By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged a team of prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for secretary of state even as some insiders criticized the pick ...
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Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag
By MARCIA DUNN
AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.
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Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN
Associated Press Writer
McALLEN, Texas (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a s ...
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8-year-old admits double shooting in police video
By FELICIA FONSECA
Associated Press Writer
ST. JOHNS, Ariz. (AP) -- An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" b ...
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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
By BETH FOUHY
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) -- The bitter general election campaign behind them, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are seeking common ground on a range of issues in hopes of engendering greater bipartisan ...
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