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Arraignment set for Cheney, Gonzales in Texas (AP)

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, left, and Vice President Dick Cheney are shown in this 2006 file photo at the White House. Cheney and Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in a South Texas county that has been a source of bizarre legal and political battles under the outgoing prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, file)AP - A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:20:36 GMT

Terry leads Mavericks to 96-86 win over Rockets (AP)

Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry (31) drives around Houston Rockets' Luis Scola (4), of Argentina, during the fourth quarter of a NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 in Houston. The Mavericks beat the Rockets 96-86. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)AP - The Dallas Mavericks didn't need Josh Howard as much as the Houston Rockets missed Yao Ming on Wednesday night.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:13:50 GMT

Fed sees economic woes persisting into next year (AP)

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008 in Washington, before the House Financial Services Committee.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - Pounded by a fierce financial crisis, the country is sinking deeper into economic despair and is likely to be in the hole well into next year, forcing more Americans into the ranks of the unemployed.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:05:19 GMT

Talks underway with pirates to free Saudi super-tanker (AFP)

Pirates can be seen on the deck of the fishing vessel Tian Yu 8 on November 17, 2008 off the coast of Somalia. Somali pirate attacks have spun AFP - The Saudi owners of the Sirius Star are in negotiations with Somali pirates who have demanded a ransom for the super-tanker laden with 100 million dollars of oil they hijacked at the weekend.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:05:12 GMT

Prospect for auto bailout dims as Senate races clock (Reuters)

United Auto Workers (UAW) President Ron Gettelfinger (L) and General Motors CEO Richard Wagoner talk before the start of a hearing about the automotive industry held by the House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington November 19, 2008. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)Reuters - Chances dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:29:03 GMT

Daschle to take health post, another familiar face (AP)

In this Aug. 27, 2008 file photo, former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Barack Obama is enlisting former Senate leader Tom Daschle as his health secretary, embracing a third Washington insider in the early stages of Cabinet-building by the president-elect who promised change. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the capital's most famous woman for two decades, seemed ever more likely to be his secretary of state.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:18:14 GMT

Small businesses feel Wall Street's pain (Reuters)

Musician Felice Pomeranz plays her harp at her studio in Sudbury, Massachusetts, November 17, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Wall Street's pain is rippling through U.S. small businesses, as bankers who once pulled in million-dollar bonuses lose their jobs and cut back spending on everything from parties to home improvements.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:48:20 GMT

Fed minutes: may need more rate cuts if growth ebbs (Reuters)

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors are seen during a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, March 28, 2006. (U.S. Federal Reserve/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Federal Reserve officials slashed economic growth forecasts through 2009 and some believed even deeper interest rate cuts may be needed if growth slows further, minutes of their October policy meeting show.



Publ.Date : Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:46:19 GMT

California court to hear gay marriage ban case (Reuters)

Newlyweds Sharon Papo (R) and Amber Weiss (2nd R) pick up their marriage certificate after exchanging wedding vows at City Hall on the first full day of legal same-sex marriages in San Francisco, California June 17, 2008. (Erin Siegal/Reuters)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.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:26:35 GMT

Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork (AP)

Israeli archaeologist Prof. Ehud Netzer walks in the mausoleum at the fortress of Herodium, in the West Bank, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008, the place where Israeli archaeologists are excavating what they believe is the tomb of biblical King Herod.  Israeli archaeologist Prof. Ehud Netzer announced at a press conference on Wednesday,  that analysis of newly revealed items found at the site of what they believe is King Herod's mausoleum at Herodium, have provided researchers with further proof of the site being the actual grave site of the Jewish King. (AP photos/Bernat Armangue)AP - King Herod may have been buried in a crypt with lavish Roman-style wall paintings of a kind previously unseen in the Middle East, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The scientists found such paintings and signs of a regal two-story mausoleum, bolstering their conviction that the ancient Jewish monarch was buried there.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:23:46 GMT

Asian markets slide as economic gloom deepens (AFP)

US auto giant executives wait to testify before the House Finincial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The heads of the Big Three US car makers -- General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler -- have returned to Congress to beg for an emergency bailout.(AFP/Tim Sloan)AFP - Asian stocks tumbled Thursday as global economic gloom deepened following a plunge in Japanese exports and a warning from the Federal Reserve that the United States could be in recession next year.



Publ.Date : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:21:17 GMT

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