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By WILLIAM GLABERSON After the first hearing on the government’s evidence for holding detainees at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a federal judge ruled on Thursday that five of the prisoners are not being lawfully held and ordered their release.
US judge: five Algerians at Guantanamo can be freed
US judge orders Algerians freed
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New York Times -
By JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON - Representative Henry A. Waxman of California ousted Representative John D. Dingell of Michigan from his post as chairman of the influential Committee on Energy and Commerce on Thursday, giving President-elect Barack Obama ...
Waxman Defeats Dingell in Race for House Energy Committee Chair
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New Delhi (IANS): The Indian Navy will be sending guided-missile destroyer INS Mysore to the Gulf of Aden for patrolling the waterways hit by a spate of ship hijackings by Somali pirates, defence sources said Thursday.
India praised for sinking pirates
AU chief warns against rise in Somali piracy
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Christian Science Monitor -
It summoned the US ambassador Thursday to formally complain after an attack hit deep inside Pakistani territory. By Shahan Mufti | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Islamabad, Pakistan - This week's suspected US airstrike deep in Pakistani ...
Pakistan protests US drone attacks, Taliban warns of reprisals
Pakistan to protest latest US strike
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Voice of America -
By Paula Wolfson Pacific Rim leaders are preparing for their annual economic summit - a meeting sure to be dominated by the need for action to deal with the global financial crisis.
What climate change? Meltdown trumps fears at APEC
Bush seeks APEC backing on crisis
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Washington Post -
By Spencer S. Hsu Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), whose handling of immigration issues brought her accolades from fellow governors, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to serve as secretary of homeland security, Democratic sources said ...
Video: Napolitano Top Choice for Homeland Security Job
Obama eyes Arizona governor for Homeland Security
Bizjournals.com -
Next fall, smoking will be banned at all three UB campuses - in all buildings and on all grounds, including parking lots, university officials said Thursday.
Smokers come under scrutiny on Smokeout day
Stop Smoking: 9 Resources to Help You Quit
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USA Today -
By Justin Hyde, Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid raised the prospect Thursday of calling the Senate back into session in December to consider a compromise $25 billion bailout of Detroit automakers, as talks continued ...
Video: Senate Cancels Vote on Doomed Auto Bailout
Bipartisan group works to revive auto bailout
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Reuters -
DETROIT, Nov 20 (Reuters) - United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said on Thursday that lawmakers need to take immediate action on a $25 billion bridge loan bill to support the US automakers or one or more could fail.
Gettelfinger: Without a compromise, an automaker's demise imminent
UAW Says Congress Should Not Adjourn Without Auto Assistance
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CNNMoney.com -
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the embattled bank's largest individual shareholder, is raising his stake back to 5%; but stock continues to plunge.
Citigroup falls as much as 25%, shares trade below $5
Alwaleed Buys Citigroup Stock as Loss Exceeds Buffett (Update2)
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Bloomberg -
By Linda Shen and Caroline Salas Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- GMAC LLC, the largest lender to General Motors Corp. car dealers, has applied for status as a bank holding company so it can get access to the Treasury's $700 billion rescue fund for the financial ...
GMAC applies to become bank holding company
GM's Lending Arm Files Paperwork to Become a Bank
The Age |
Macworld -
by Rosemary Hattersley and Mark Hattersley, macworld.co.uk Editor's Note: The following article is reprinted from Macworld UK.
What’sa BlackBerry Without a Keyboard?
BlackBerry Storm: The reviews are in
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Ars Technica -
By Emil Protalinski | Published: November 20, 2008 - 11:12AM CT Subscription music models have always been a "better" solution than à la carte models, at least in theory.
Going hybrid: new Zune Pass pressures Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic
Zune Pass lets users keep some of their downloads
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ABC News -
By SCOTT MICHELS Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused a suburban mother of using MySpace to prey on an insecure teenager who later committed suicide.
Arguments in Case Involving Net and Suicide
Prosecutor: Cyber Bully Mom "Preyed" On Megan Meir
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People Magazine -
By Lesley Messer The BBC reports that according to court lists, Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted a preliminary divorce decree at the High Court in London on Friday.
Madonna and Ritchie to divorce on Friday
Madonna's marriage poised to end
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com -
by Lisa Rose/The Star-Ledger Robert Pattinson gives Kristen Stewart a lift in "Twilight." Stewart plays Bella, who falls in love with Pattinson's Edward, a vampire.
Today hosts Twilight's Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart VIDEO
Twilight Review: Swooningly True to the Book
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New York Times -
On the night of her 50th birthday, Annette Gordon-Reed won the National Book Award for nonfiction for “The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family.
US National Book Awards go to slave, outlaw books
Gordon-Reed's 'Hemingses' wins National Book Award
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Washington Post -
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco will be deactivated for tonight's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers for violating a team rule, the Bengals have announced today.
Ocho Cinco deactivated, won't play vs. Steelers
Bengals deactivate WR Johnson for Steelers game
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Washington Post -
The Cleveland Browns have announced that quarterback Brady Quinn has a small fracture of the index finger on his throwing hand but still is expected to play this weekend.
Browns GM Savage sent e-mail containing expletive
Browns GM Savage responds to fan with implied obscenity
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ESPN -
New York Yankees pitcher Mike Mussina announced his retirement Thursday, becoming the first pitcher since Sandy Koufax in 1967 to win 20 games or more in the final season of his career.
Mussina thriving in steroid era has to count
Mussina hangs up spikes after first 20-win season
Washington Times |
U.S. News & World Report -
Representatives of the insurance industry told Congress yesterday that they support an overhaul of the healthcare system that would call for them to accept any customer who applies for coverage, regardless of health status, the Associated Press reports ...
Health Insurers Offer to Accept All Applicants, on Condition
Health Insurers Back Coverage for All Regardless of Current Health
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Telegraph.co.uk -
The pioneering windpipe transplant carried out by doctors in Barcelona was jeopardised by easyJet when airline staff refused to allow the transportation of stem cells needed for the operation, it has been claimed.
Video: Breakthrough Windpipe Transplant Uses Stem Cells
Breathe in deeply, please
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CNN -
By Elizabeth Cohen (CNN) -- Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the herb ginkgo biloba.
Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective Against Dementia, Researchers Find
Herbal supplement Ginkgo doesn't stop Alzheimer's
Washington Times |
MarketWatch -
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- First-time filings for unemployment benefits shot up to their highest level since July 1992 last week, rising 27000 to a seasonally adjusted 542000 and punctuating the struggling state of the ...
Lines Grow At US Unemployment Offices
US jobless claims hit 16-year high
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San Francisco Chronicle -
(11-19) 18:32 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars Wednesday, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California.
California Supreme Court to hear challenges to gay-marriage ban
Top Court in California Will Review Proposition 8
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The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) - "Uncle Ted" Stevens, an old-style Senate giant and the chamber's longest-serving Republican, delivered his swansong address and yielded the floor for the final time Thursday.
Stevens bids farewell to Senate
Stevens bids farewell to Senate
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