CHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2008 (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked them to help craft a massive stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) The U.S. Army scientist who was wrongly targeted in the FBI's anthrax investigation attracted suspicion because of his knowledge of the deadly toxin, according to recently released court records. ... > full story
SARAJEVO, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) Hajj Boudella's children will have to wait a while to see their father, even though a U.S. federal judge ordered his release last week from the Guantanamo Bay prison after nearly seven years. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) President George W. Bush on Monday granted 14 pardons and commuted two sentences but there were no high-profile names on a list released by the Justice Department. ... > full story
ATLANTA, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) Barack Obama's election as U.S. president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups said on Monday. ... > full story
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) A U.S. judge dismissed three charges Monday against Barry Bonds but let stand 12 others stemming from the BALCO doping scandal against the U.S. baseball home run king, who is accused of lying to a grand jury about steroid use. ... > full story
CHICAGO, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) With his choice of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state all but certain, President-elect Barack Obama promised on Friday to bring a "fresh perspective" to U.S. relations with the rest of the world. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey returned to work on Friday after a "fainting spell" during a speech sent him to hospital the night before. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) The CIA obstructed inquiries into its role in the shooting down of an aircraft carrying a family of U.S. missionaries in Peru in 2001, the agency's inspector general has concluded. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) Five of six Algerians held nearly seven years at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba must be released, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration. ... > full story
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