- Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job
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- President-elect Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of Obama's Cabinet begins to emerge.
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- Stocks tumble for second day; Treasurys surge
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- Stocks plunged for a second straight day Thursday, falling to levels not seen in at least five years as financial and energy stocks tumbled while demand for the safety of government debt spiked.
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- Shiites in Baghdad protest planned US-Iraq pact
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- Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on a central Baghdad square Friday for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.
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- Dead teen's Web activities a focus in hoax trial
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- The mother of a Missouri girl who committed suicide after being targeted by an Internet hoax testified Thursday that she was unaware that her daughter had posed as an 18-year-old while allegedly trying to chat online with boys.
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Other World & Nation News
- 3 airports opening new runways amid economic woes
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Alarm in the aviation industry over a projected 10 percent drop in domestic flights this winter didn't derail plans to open multimillion-dollar runways at three U.S. airports Thursday.
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- Mich. worries automaker meltdown could doom state
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A quarter-century ago, Michigan's monthly unemployment rate hit 17 percent and so many laid-off workers left the state that bumper stickers asked, "Will the last one leaving Michigan please turn out the lights?"
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- Beaujolais Nouveau hits bars after poor crop
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The 2008 edition of Beaujolais Nouveau wine is here, and vintners hope it will lift spirits despite the financial crisis and a dismal crop.
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- Battle of Tarawa remembered on 65th anniversary
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Master Sgt. James M. Fawcett got on his knees and gently mixed his father's ashes with sand on the same Pacific beach where the elder Fawcett fought his way ashore 65 years ago.
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- US raid kills Iraqi blamed in 2004 reservist death
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A father whose Army reservist son was captured, held hostage and killed in Iraq said Thursday that he's glad to learn one of the men responsible for his son's death has been "held accountable."
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Presidential Transition
- Bum nominations hard to avoid, history shows
- Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job
- Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Fla.
- Politics' next step? Donations go high text
- Former Sen. Fred Thompson plans return to acting
- CBO chief likely pick as budget director
- Obama puts longtime aides at White House
- McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama
- Hillary Clinton weighing secretary of state post
- Could Iowa conservatives undermine GOP in 2012?
State
- Legislator questions SUNY tuition increase
- Father drowns saving sons from car in pond
- Philanthropist, partner convicted of fraud
- Prostitute apologizes to wife of Spitzer
- FBI agent fatally shot near Pittsburgh
- Banker admits killing landlord’s terrier
- LeMoyne receives $50 million bequest
- Homeless to get help during cold weather
- Mayor may not cancel city tax rebate checks
- Spitzer’s prostitute to appear on ‘20/20’
International
- Madonna, Ritchie get preliminary divorce decree
- Russian presidential term extension bill approved
- Bruce Willis wants cash back from Malaysia company
- Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed
- Shootout with soldiers kills 1 in north Lebanon
- Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
- US mil: American soldier dies in Iraq
- China vows not to compromise with Tibetan exiles
- China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake
- China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake
National
- 4 Marines plead not guilty to murdering colleague
- Neb. lawmakers form task force on child drop-offs
- Americans still giving, despite economic meltdown
- Fla. governor embraces college tuition increases
- China vows not to compromise with Tibetan exiles
- Witness recalls last messages in MySpace hoax case
- Feds: FAA worker took plane, yachts as perks
- US judge who gave to Obama won't be disciplined
- Obituaries in the news
- UN vote shows growing support of death penalty ban
Columns
The question of who might inherit Hillary Clinton’s seat in the U. S. Senate has been worth thinking about for more than two years, ever since she made her presidential candidacy official. The speculation has come back in a whirl now that Clinton is being rumored as President-elect Barack Obama’s first choice for secretary of state.
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More Columns
Another Voice
- Authority ignores conservancy’s efforts on plaza design
- Times story continues neglect of Louise Bethune
- Failure to fund Cooperative Extension will kill 4-H
- Residents get their money’s worth in protection
Everybody's Column
- Cigarette tax stamp plan ignores root of problem
- Diocese should abolish Queen of Heaven policy
- Politicians, not engineers, are pushing bad projects
- Let oil companies lend billions to automakers
