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Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapses during speech

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech on national security at a hotel in Washington on Thursday, the Justice Department said. ...  > full story
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Astronauts finish second spacewalk outside station

HOUSTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Shuttle Endeavour astronauts working outside the orbiting International Space Station faced glitches during a second spacewalk on Thursday, as one astronaut experienced high carbon-dioxide levels after his crew mate lost a tool bag on the mission's first spacewalk. ...  > full story
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Fed's Bullard: U.S. deflation an issue Fed must face

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Deflation would be very damaging to the United States economy and with nominal interest rates already very low, quantitative easing may be needed to keep it at bay, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Obama considers retired general for foreign policy post

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team. ...  > full story
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Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate his former rival, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after the November 27 Thanksgiving holiday, a Democratic official said. ...  > full story
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No relief seen in global crisis

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Signs of distress in the global economy mounted on Friday, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance. ...  > full story
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Citigroup eyes options including merger

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor. ...  > full story
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Citi eyes selling businesses, other options: source

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc is looking at multiple options as its share price sinks, including selling businesses, selling shares, or merging with another firm, a person familiar with the matter said. ...  > full story
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Oil falls over $1 on demand worries

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. crude oil dropped more than $1 a barrel on Friday, falling for sixth straight sessions as more distress for the global economy threatened to eat further into demand for fuels. ...  > full story
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Obama considers Jones for top security job: report

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is leaning toward selecting retired Gen. James Jones as White House national security adviser, ABC News reported on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Macau feels pain as casino winning streak ebbs

MACAU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — On Macau's dusty Cotai strip, the cranes at the Las Vegas Sands' construction site stand idle at dusk atop the half-finished husks of three massive towers, while weary batches of construction workers, laid-off en masse, stream out of the site's turnstiles, many for the last time. ...  > full story

China says quake school toll over 19,000

BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Schools that collapsed during China's May earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said on Friday, giving the first government estimate. ...  > full story

China quake zone suicides reflect huge emotional toll

BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A Chinese official at the heart of the Sichuan earthquake zone has committed suicide, state media said on Friday, a setback for reconstruction work and a sign of the ongoing emotional toll from the disaster as winter sets in. ...  > full story

Top official meets rioters as China seeks stability

BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The governor of China's poverty-stricken province of Gansu traveled to a riot-hit town to sit down with protesters after pitched battles with police that injured dozens, state media said on Friday. ...  > full story

Politics

Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapses during speech

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while delivering a speech on national security at a hotel in Washington on Thursday, the Justice Department said. ...  > full story

Verizon staff had unauthorized access to Obama's cell

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Verizon Wireless said Thursday some employees had gained unauthorized access and viewed a personal cell phone account held by President-elect Barack Obama that is now inactive. ...  > full story

Obama considers retired general for foreign policy post

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team. ...  > full story

Obama on track to name Clinton as top diplomat

CHICAGO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate his former rival, New York Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after the November 27 Thanksgiving holiday, a Democratic official said. ...  > full story

Business

Fed's Bullard: U.S. deflation an issue Fed must face

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Deflation would be very damaging to the United States economy and with nominal interest rates already very low, quantitative easing may be needed to keep it at bay, a top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday. ...  > full story

No relief seen in global crisis

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Signs of distress in the global economy mounted on Friday, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance. ...  > full story

Citigroup eyes options including merger

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor. ...  > full story

Fed's Bullard: U.S. spending slump to sap 2009 growth

EVANSVILLE, Indiana, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — St Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that financial market turmoil has collapsed U.S. consumer confidence and this would weigh on growth well into next year. ...  > full story

Science

Astronauts finish second spacewalk outside station

HOUSTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Shuttle Endeavour astronauts working outside the orbiting International Space Station faced glitches during a second spacewalk on Thursday, as one astronaut experienced high carbon-dioxide levels after his crew mate lost a tool bag on the mission's first spacewalk. ...  > full story

Government warns of "catastrophic" U.S. quake

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Huge glaciers detected under rocky debris on Mars

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A radar instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has detected large glaciers hidden under rocky debris that may be the vestiges of ice sheets that blanketed parts of Mars in a past ice age, scientists said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Clump of dark matter may loom near solar system

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A balloon-borne instrument soaring high over Antarctica has found evidence of a possible large clump of mysterious so-called dark matter relatively close to our solar system, scientists said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Entertainment

ABC pulling plug on three series

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — ABC has decided against giving full-season orders to "Pushing Daisies," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone," but is not officially saying that the struggling shows are canceled. ...  > full story

"Twilight" a campy vampire romance with no bite

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — "Twilight" already has such a buzz that you sense all we really need to do is stand back to let hordes of teenage girls rush into theaters to exalt in this romance between a human girl and a vampire boy. ...  > full story

Hollywood actors, studios meet again with mediator

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — After weeks of shuttle diplomacy, a U.S. federal mediator brought labor negotiators for major Hollywood studios and the Screen Actors Guild back together on Thursday for their first meeting in four months. ...  > full story

"Star Trek" promo blasting off six months early

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — Paramount already has hit warp speed with its high-profile relaunch of the "Star Trek" franchise. ...  > full story

Sports

Boston's Matsuzaka first on Japan's WBC list

TOKYO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Japan's hopes of successfully defending their World Baseball Classic title (WBC) have been boosted after Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka committed to playing. ...  > full story

Hatton targets British hat-trick against Malignaggi

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — IBO light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton will bid to complete a rousing hat-trick of British victories this month when he defends his title against Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand on Saturday. ...  > full story

Armstrong to race against former team mate Hincapie

SYDNEY, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — American Lance Armstrong will race against long-time team mate George Hincapie in the Tour Down Under around Adelaide in January. ...  > full story

New-style Hatton confident about Malignaggi bout

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — IBO light-welterweight champion Ricky Hatton returns to the scene of his only professional defeat on Saturday confident an improved style will help him retain his title against American Paulie Malignaggi. ...  > full story
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