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Los Angeles Times - By Josh Meyer Reporting from Washington -- Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey was rushed to the hospital Thursday night after collapsing at the lectern and losing consciousness during a speech on the Justice Department's war on terrorism, ... Mukasey Collapses During Address in Washington; Condition Unknown Attorney General Collapses During Speech
Los Angeles Times - Hillary Clinton continued paying down her presidential campaign debts to most vendors last month, with one big exception. She now actually owes more to the firm founded by her former chief strategist Mark Penn than she did a month ago. An Option for Clinton: Enhanced Senate Role Clinton Set to Be Nominated Secretary of State After Nov. 27
United Press International - LIMA, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Asian-Pacific ministers, meeting in Lima Peru, said they're ready to meet in Geneva for an early conclusion to the stalled Doha Round of free trade talks. Pacific Rim Leaders Meet to Push Trade Deals, Back G-20 Plans APEC ministers discuss financial crisis, food security, WTO trade ...
Aljazeera.net - Thailand's public sector unions have threatened to call a nationwide strike next week unless the current government quits. The threat is the latest move in a long-running political crisis that has gripped the country and already severely undermined ... SCENARIOS-What's in store for politically riven Thailand? Blast in Bangkok Kills 1, Injures 23
CNN International - MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The Russian parliament was expected Friday to approve a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four to six years. Putin grabs spotlight, vows Russia will thrive Putin Sparks Guessing Game on Whether He'll Retake Presidency
San Francisco Chronicle - (11-20) 18:17 PST SANTA ANA -- A voter-approved law prohibiting sex offenders from living within 2000 feet of a school or a park amounts to additional punishment for the offenders' original crimes, a state appeals court has ruled in a case that could ... News Analysis With Same-Sex Marriage, a Court Takes on the People ... Appeals court rules on sex offender restriction
Contra Costa Times - By Connie Llanos, Staff Writer CSUN expects to see its total full-time student enrollment shrink by 1100, to 25700 in fall 2009 from 26800 this fall. More students choosing SUNY Enrollment may be curtailed at Chico State
San Francisco Chronicle - Los Angeles Rep. Henry Waxman's stunning overthrow Thursday of legendary Michigan Rep. John Dingell to take over one of the House's most powerful committees may be bad news for Detroit and its struggling auto industry, but it's a clear sign of ... Rep. Henry A. Waxman's career Comment by Frank O'Donnell President, Clean Air Watch
BusinessWeek - By Mara Der Hovanesian Investors are quickly losing faith in Citigroup (C). Shares of the company, once the largest and mightiest US bank by assets and market value, have fallen 66% in November, and finished down 1.85, to 4.55, on Nov. 20. Citi plunges 26% - lowest in 15 years Citigroup stock dive rebuffs claim by Treasury's Paulson
Reuters - NEW YORK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) said on Thursday that some employees had gained unauthorized access and viewed a personal cell phone account held by President-elect Barack Obama that is now ... Verizon Disciplines Employees for Accessing Obama Phone Records Verizon workers look at Obama's cell phone records MarketWatch - By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Senate approved a House bill to extend unemployment benefits by at least seven weeks on Thursday, sending the measure to President Bush on the same day the Labor Department reported ... As jobless funds fall, states look to raise taxes Jobless get new way to track benefits
Los Angeles Times - The company unveils the Storm, a device that lets users take pictures, play movies and music and visit Facebook and MySpace pages with ease -- and has the 'world's first "clickable" touch screen. MySpace application helps Blackberry phones get more social Palm losing out as iPhone gains corporate fans
BBC News - By Maggie Shiels This means the next time they perform the same search, the personalised version will pop up. "I would call this revolutionary. Google Makes Major Interface Change To Search: SearchWiki Tweak Your Google Search Results as You Like with SearchWiki
Los Angeles Times - A family friend says she helped Lori Drew create a bogus MySpace profile to 'expose' a teenager who later committed suicide. Government’s star witness undercuts prosecution in suicide case Woman Who Posed as Boy Testifies in Case That Ended in Suicide of ... Los Angeles Times - BEYOND BLOOD LUST: The mortal Bella (Kristen Stewart) and immortal Edward (Robert Pattinson) are enamored of each other. 'Twilight' makes you wish you were a romantic teen again. MOVIE REVIEW | 'TWILIGHT' The Love That Dare Not Bare Its Fangs MOVIE TRACK: Critics zone in on 'Twilight'
Newsday - BY RAFER GUZMÁN | rafer.guzman@newsday.com The canine star of Walt Disney's "Bolt" bears a strong resemblance to the toy astronaut Buzz Lightyear of Pixar's "Toy Story" films. Bolt (PG, 95 minutes) Bolt: Dog Gone Disney
Detroit Free Press - Guy Ritchie is not interested in Madonna's nearly $500-million fortune, which he'd be entitled by law to get his hands on through their divorce. Madonna and Guy Ritchie settle their split Madonna split 'not about money'
Philadelphia Daily News - Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco was deactivated for last night's game in Pittsburgh for reportedly violating a team rule and was sent back to Cincinnati. Bengals don't elaborate on Ocho Cinco deactivation Steelers ‘D’ tames Bengals
FOXSports.com - by Jeff Goodman Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. He can be reached at GoodmanonFOX@aol.com or check out his blog, Good 'N Plenty. Fourth-ranked UCLA is upset by Michigan, 55-52 MSG shocker! Michigan upsets UCLA
ESPN - Kobe Bryant's Lakers have now won 31 of 37 regular season games with Pau Gasol in the lineup. Kevin Garnett and the Celtics outscored the Pistons by a combined 20 points in the middle quarters. Lakers roll past Suns Suns notebook: O’Neal embraces Jackson
Washington Post - By David Brown Two years after the federal government recommended that patients in emergency rooms and doctors' offices be routinely tested for HIV, the advice is generally not being followed, according to a large number of studies presented this week ... US Lags on HIV Testing Goals HIV tests not yet as routine as cholesterol checks
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 Shows No Benefit in Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease ... Ginkgo Biloba Ineffective Against Dementia, Researchers Find
Reuters - By Jim Loney MIAMI (Reuters) - An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device, until she was able to have a heart transplant, doctors in Miami said on Wednesday. Teen lives 4 months with no heart, leaves hospital Joy of life is back after 4 months without heart
Los Angeles Times - American intelligence agencies predict that China and India will cut into US clout over the next two decades. The report also sees an increase in terrorist violence. US power to dim by 2025, analysts say Report Sees Nuclear Arms, Scarce Resources as Seeds of Global ...
Detroit Free Press - Apparently unsatisfied with the US auto industry's explanations of what will happen without the money, congressional leaders now want a detailed plan for what will happen with it before they decide whether to vote this year on a $25-billion "bridge ... Big Three's plea for aid fizzles in Congress Congressional Leadership Rejects Proposed Auto Bailout Deal |
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