Stocks point to higher open after big drop
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:48:41 GMT
AP - Wall Street headed toward a higher open Tuesday, following a now-familiar pattern of snapping back after a huge selloff. Investors, while looking for bargains, are focusing on the health of retailers and automakers.
Big Three automakers to submit plans to Congress
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:49:39 GMT
AP - Detroit's automakers, making a second bid for $25 billion in funding, are presenting Congress with plans Tuesday to restructure their ailing companies and provide assurances that the funding will help them survive and thrive.
Recession-hit automakers brace for grim US sales
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:50:45 GMT
AP - Walloped by the recession, automakers' U.S. sales are plummeting as hard-to-get credit, job losses and other stresses make many Americans wary of taking on big-ticket financial commitments.
Thai government falls after court bans premier
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:01:51 GMT
AP - Thailand's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after weeks of protests closed the capital's airports, stranding 300,000 travelers. Protesters promised to lift their siege, and international flights were expected to resume Friday.
'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:05:40 GMT
AP - A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid, to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.
Ga. Senate runoff could decide balance of power
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:29:41 GMT
AP - Georgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate as polls opened Tuesday for a runoff election, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters.
India demands Pakistan hand over terror suspects
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:54:01 GMT
AP - India picked up intelligence in recent months that terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said Tuesday, as the government demanded that Islamabad hand over suspected terrorists believed living in Pakistan.
Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:55:24 GMT
AP - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much.
Britney Spears tops Yahoo searches
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:15:29 GMT
AP - She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row her seventh time topping the list.
Heat rally in final seconds of OT to beat Warriors
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Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:44:10 GMT
AP - Chris Quinn hit a tying 3-pointer with 7.1 seconds left in overtime, Michael Beasley stole the ensuing inbounds pass and made the decisive free throw, and the Miami Heat pulled off a wild 130-129 comeback win over the Golden State Warriors on Monday night.
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