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Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate (AP)
November 20, 2008
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.
President-elect promised change, picking insiders (AP)
November 20, 2008
AP - President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.
Holder's likely nomination revives pardon furor (AP)
November 20, 2008
AP - Eric Holder is in line for nomination by President-elect Barack Obama to the attorney general's job that Holder has long wanted, but the 2001 episode with fugitive financier Marc Rich is stirring partisan acrimony.
Obama seeks reforms in talk with UN chief (AP)
November 20, 2008AP - President-elect Barack Obama is urging the United Nations chief to embark on "far-reaching reform" of the world organization to help it address pressing global issues.
Arizonan will head Homeland Security (Politico)
November 20, 2008
Politico - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland Security’s myriad functions.
Beau Biden won't accept Senate appointment for father's seat (AP)
November 20, 2008
AP - Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says he plans to fulfill his National Guard duties and won't accept an appointment to his father's U.S. Senate seat.
Sen. Clinton weighing secretary of state post (AP)
November 20, 2008
AP - Associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is hers if she wants it.
Corruption-tainted Alaska senator concedes defeat (AFP)
November 20, 2008
AFP - Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in US Senate history, conceded defeat in his re-election bid when voters turned against him after a graft scandal.
FBI offers reward for ecoterrorism suspects (AP)
November 20, 2008AP - The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of four alleged environmental extremists accused of sabotage attacks in five Western states including a 1998 firebombing at a Colorado ski resort that caused $12 million in damage.
California court to hear gay marriage ban case (Reuters)
November 20, 2008
Reuters - California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime.
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