Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate (AP)
AP - A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.
Publ.Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:18:20 GMT
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Japan-U.S. missile defense test fails off Hawaii (Reuters)
Reuters - A Japanese warship failed to shoot down a ballistic missile target in a joint test with U.S. forces Wednesday because of a glitch in the final stage of an interceptor made by Raytheon Co, a U.S. military official said.
Publ.Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:49:10 GMT
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Hungry in Zimbabwe: `If you rest, you starve' (AP)
AP - Katy Phiri, who is in her 70s, picks up single corn kernels spilled from trucks that ferry the harvest to market. She says she hasn't eaten for three days.
Publ.Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:09:45 GMT
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NC undercover officers use Taser on pallbearer (AP)
AP - Five sheriff's deputies will be disciplined after they used a Taser while serving an arrest warrant on a man at his father's funeral, a North Carolina sheriff said Wednesday.
Publ.Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:43:30 GMT
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Bush set to relax endangered species rules (AP)
AP - Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.
Publ.Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:19:24 GMT
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