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President-elect Barack Obama announced as expected that Hillary Clinton would be his top diplomat and Robert Gates would stay on as defense secretary.
Video: No web consensus on Hillary Clinton
Obama names Clinton, Gates, Holder to administration roles
 Canada.com |
Christian Science Monitor -
While conclusive evidence is elusive, blame is being leveled on a Pakistan-based militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, further stressing ties between the neighbors.
Video: Police: Pakistani Militants Behind Mumbai Attack
India makes protest to Pakistan
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BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- Anti-government protesters said Monday they would abandon their three-month siege of the Thai prime minister's main offices in Bangkok and join thousands of fellow demonstrators who have occupied the city's main airport.
Video: Thai Protesters Attack Police Near Airport
Thai airports still closed as court date looms
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By VOA News Delegates from nearly every nation began discussions in Poznan, Poland Monday in an effort to create a new global climate change pact to replace the Kyoto Treaty, which expires in 2012.
UN Global Warming Conference In Poland Overshadowed By Economic ...
Building trust tops global climate agenda
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AP foreign, Monday December 1 2008 By SHANNON McCAFFREY Associated Press Writer= AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday ...
Palin hits the campaign trail for Georgia senator
Palin in Georgia: 'We Need Checks and Balances'
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Reuters -
BIRMINGHAM (Reuters) - Federal investigators arrested the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, on Monday on charges of receiving illegal payments, the Birmingham News newspaper reported on its website.
Alabama Mayor Arrested on Federal Charges, Birmingham News Says
FBI: Birmingham Mayor arrested on federal charges
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USA Today -
By Adam Gerik, Journal Star, via AP The National Weather Service says the season's first major snowstorm across northern and central Illinois could be followed by high winds.
Full Fleet of Trucks Battling Snow Accumulations
Marietta, Gainesville get snow flurries
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DETROIT -- Wiping tears from her eyes, former Detroit mayor chief of staff Christine Beatty agreed in court this morning to a plea bargain that is similar to that of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
Beatty's jail assignment not decided
Ex-Detroit mayoral aide pleads guilty in scandal
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WASHINGTON - CONSTRUCTION spending fell by a larger-than-expected amount in October, another indication the problems facing builders in the form of a sinking economy and severe credit crisis are deepening and likely to persist.
US Oct construction spending fell 1.2 percent
Construction Spending Declines 1.2% in October
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Bloomberg -
By Bill Koenig and Mike Ramsey Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Ford Motor Co. said it may sell its Volvo unit, the company’s sole remaining European brand, a day before the automaker is scheduled to present a survival plan to US lawmakers.
Ford reviewing Volvo options, including sale
Ford mulls sale of Volvo as it crafts a survival plan
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Bloomberg -
By Timothy R. Homan Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Manufacturing in the US contracted in November at the fastest pace in 26 years, putting American factories at the forefront of a global industrial slump emanating from the lack of credit.
Manufacturing index at 26-year low
Manufacturing index drops to 26-year low
 Canada.com |
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By Brian Berger WASHINGTON - US President-elect Barack Obama's NASA transition team is asking US space agency officials to quantify how much money could be saved by canceling the Ares 1 rocket and scaling back the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle next ...
Video: Raw Video: Shuttle Endeavour Lands in Calif.
Photos: The space station marks a decade aloft
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Australians are getting a big hello from the heavens as Venus, Jupiter and a waxing crescent moon combine to create a celestial smiley face.
Jupiter, Venus And The Moon To Light Up The Sky Monday Night
Venus, Jupiter Join To Light Up The Sky Monday Night
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CNET News -
The MySpace suicide court case concluded last week, with the jury finding Lori Drew guilty of three misdemeanor counts of gaining unauthorized access to the popular social networking site.
MySpace Girl's Mother Speaks Out for First Time
Does the Drew verdict make ToS breakers potential felons?
 China Daily |
MTV.com -
'I'm not gonna sugarcoat it and say I was OK,' singer says of meltdown. By Jocelyn Vena Britney Spears' life has been filled with speculation and scrutiny over the last few years.
Britney -- Seven More Years of Bad Luck
‘For the Record,’ Britney reveals very little
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Entertainment Weekly -
The long, always competitive Thanksgiving weekend is over, and Four Christmases has decked the halls with a big box office victory, easily outpacing Twilight, Australia, and all the rest of the movies at the multiplex along the way.
'Four Christmases' stuffs holiday movie theaters
BO Analysis, Nov. 30: 'Christmases' Tops Second-Biggest ...
 CTV.ca |
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By Kate Stroup The two have not confirmed their romance. But they reportedly had their public "coming out" Nov. 26, when, according to E!, the Yankees third baseman handed Madonna a water bottle during her Miami concert.
Madge and A-Rod to Mexico City
Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City
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Last week I urged readers not to enter into a discussion about a three-way tie in the Big 12 South until it became reality. Well, reality manifested itself as quite an amazing race when Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech finished in that tie.
Texas Longhorns "Hooked" By Flawed BCS
And the BCS nominees are ...
 New York Daily News |
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Not that Denver needed help beating the New York Jets yesterday, but the Broncos got it anyway on a controversial sequence during their 34-17 victory on a rainy day at Giants Stadium.
Thomas Jones tops 1000 yards again
Jets have a reason to smile
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BY FRANK ISOLA Stephon Marbury most likely will never again be seen in a Knicks uniform after Monday. Stephon Marbury'scontroversial run in New York likely will end Monday, although there is a possibility the veteran point guard will remain under ...
Knicks' James yearns for a chance to get on court
Report: Marbury lashes out at teammates, D'Antoni
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Reports that an estimated 33 million people worldwide were living with HIV as of 2007, makes the disease one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history.
109 Medicines and Vaccines Now in Development for HIV/AIDS
Countries Around Globe Commemorate World AIDS Day (Video)
 China Daily |
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By Xinhua Writer Bai Xu BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Reported to be China's longest-surviving AIDS patient, 40-year-old Meng Lin -- who uses apseudonym -- can be seen as an expert on changing public attitude toward the deadly disease.
Oneida County reports AIDS continues to be a health problem
Hu visits patients on World AIDS Day