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Philadelphia Inquirer -
AP NEW YORK - Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8000 mark, as the fate of Detroit's Big Three automakers and the economy disheartened investors.
AP Top News at 5:21 pm EST
Lay-offs spark Wall Street drop
 WNCT |
Los Angeles Times -
The California high court will review legal challenges to Prop. 8. A hearing is set for March. Prior to a ruling, gay weddings will not be allowed to resume.
State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8
Calif. Supreme Court to take up gay marriage ban
 Telegraph.co.uk |
International Herald Tribune -
By Hari Kumar, Alan Cowell and Caroline Brothers NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy reported Wednesday that it had sunk a pirate ship in a fierce overnight battle, punctuating a two-week stretch in which at least eight ships have been hijacked around the ...
EU anti-piracy operation to begin on Dec. 8
India leads fight against Somali pirates
 The Associated Press |
Xinhua -
LIMA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Peru will open a new chapter in the long-standing friendly relations between the two countries, the Chinese ambassador to Peru said.
Climate change momentum fading: Asia-Pacific survey
Peru bets on China's economic muscle
Newsweek -
In the latest example of a sharp escalation of US air strikes inside Pakistan, an unmanned US drone was killed an alleged Al Qaeda fixer and four associates along the Afghan-Pakistani border, according to reports from the region and a Western ...
Suspected US missile strike kills at least 6 in Pakistan
Al-Qaeda leader killed in US missile strike
 Boston Globe (registration) |
Reuters -
By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda deputy Ayman al Zawahri's message on Wednesday criticizing US president-elect Barack Obama and urging attacks on America shows the network remains a threat, but there are no signs of imminent ...
Video: Al-Qaida No. 2 Insults Obama in New Tape
Al Qaeda No. 2 insults Obama with racial slur in new video
 FOXNews |
New York Times -
By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI and ANAHAD O’CONNOR After two weeks of back-and-forth sniping, the recount in the Minnesota Senate race between the incumbent Republican, Norm Coleman, and his Democratic challenger, Al Franken, has begun.
Minnesota Senate race recount could get ugly
Recount begins in Minnesota for US Senate seat
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FOXNews -
President-elect Barack Obama has named his chief strategist during the campaign to be his top adviser at the White House. President-elect Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he was putting David Axelrod, his chief campaign strategist, to work in the ...
Obama fills West Wing offices
Close Obama adviser Axelrod to go to White House
 Washington Post |
Reuters -
By Glenn Somerville WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - US consumer prices fell at a record pace in October and new-home building slumped to fresh lows, according to government reports on Wednesday that suggested the economy likely is already in a recession ...
US Economy: Consumer Prices Fall as Deflation Looms (Update2)
Meltdown 101: How is the CPI calculated, and why?
 Boston Globe (registration) |
New York Times -
Reserved seats for the chief executives of General Motors, Ford Motor Company and Chrysler at the hearings on Tuesday. By BILL VLASIC and DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON - Detroit automakers will probably leave Washington on Wednesday without the $25 ...
Automakers Press High-Stakes Plea for Aid
UPDATE:Auto Executives Face Skeptical Reps As Rescue Prospects Dim
Reuters -
ATLANTA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Sara Lee Corp (SLE.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Wednesday it would close and sell a kosher hot dog and meat processing facility, and idle about 185 workers on or before Jan. 30, 2009.
Sara Lee to stop making kosher meats, close Chicago plant
Sara Lee to close South Side plant, cut 185 jobs
 Washington Post |
CRN -
By Brian Kraemer, ChannelWeb You know you're having a bad month when you're forced to blog your resignation as CEO of a major internet player only to see the company's stock price jump at the news.
Yahoo Investors Lose Sight Of Company's Cash Holdings
Ballmer puts the boot into Yahoo
 ZDNet |
CNET News -
Microsoft shocked the security industry on Tuesday by announcing that it will stop selling its consumer-focused Microsoft OneCare security software.
Microsoft: New software not Symantec, McAfee rival
Microsoft Kills OneCare to Offer Freebie; So Long, Norton
 CBS News |
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists for the first time have unraveled much of the genetic code of an extinct animal, the ice age's woolly mammoth, and with it they are thawing Jurassic Park dreams.
Scientists Reconstruct Most of Woolly Mammoth Genome
Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million
 Washington Post |
Entertainment Weekly -
People's Sexiest Man Alive issue hits stands Friday, with Australia's Hugh Jackman taking this year's title. I was in complete agreement...until I flipped through the gallery teasing 15 of People's picks, saw a photo of Mad Men's Jon Hamm (pictured, ...
Hugh Jackman Named Sexiest Man Alive
Hugh Jackman Named People's Sexiest Man Alive
 Ottawa Citizen |
Los Angeles Times -
Excited? I'm sure many of you are going to Thursday's midnight screenings of "Twilight," and I can't wait to hear the reviews.
Movie review: Dreamy undead in 'Twilight'
'Twilight': Early reviews not dazzling
 Canoe.ca |
FOXNews -
By Noelle Watters Ashley Dupre pictured in interview with Diane Sawyer (left) and Dupre in People Magazine (right). We can all agree that in certain instances, what we wear can send a message.
Ashley Dupre Exclusive: 'My Side of the Story'
Prostitute to wife of former NY gov.: `I'm sorry'
MLB.com -
By Ian Browne / MLB.com BOSTON -- For more than a year, Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein said that he did not feel any urgency to deal center fielder Coco Crisp and that he would only do so if it improved the team.
Red Sox acquire Ramon Ramirez for Coco Crisp
Analyzing the Coco Crisp/Ramon Ramirez trade
 Houstonist |
Detroit Free Press -
By KRISTA JAHNKE • FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER • November 19, 2008 Detroit lost its bid today to host an NCAA men’s Final Four from 2012 to 2016.
NCAA sets Final Four destinations through 2016
NCAA announces future Final Four sites
 CBC.ca |
MLB.com -
SEATTLE -- Don Wakamatsu is the new manager of the Mariners, and he'll be introduced at Safeco Field at 1:30 pm PT on Wednesday.
Mariners make front office changes
Don Wakamatsu introduced as Mariners manager
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CNN -
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- The first foreign office of the US Food and Drug Administration opened Wednesday in Beijing after an influx of contaminated Chinese food and drug imports to the United States.
In China, the US opens food-inspection office
US says food, drug inspection access in China improving
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U.S. News & World Report -
By Amanda Gardner WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Testing for 18 different gene variations associated with type 2 diabetes was no better at predicting a person's risk for the blood sugar disease than a doctor's assessment, researchers report.
Genetic Screening May ID Diabetes Risk
Genes Only Slightly Helpful For Predicting Diabetes