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01/06/2009 04:43 AM
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Madoff scandal, SEC role under scrutiny
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two more months of mortgage payments and retiree Allan Goldstein says he'll be broke, just another victim in what may be the biggest Ponzi scheme in history....
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01/06/2009 04:40 AM
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Obama's intel picks short on direct experience
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's selection of an old White House hand to head the CIA shows a preference for a strong manager over an intelligence expert....
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01/06/2009 04:36 AM
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Obama stimulus plan boosts business tax refunds
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago....
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01/06/2009 04:32 AM
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Nation's health spending rises, but not so much
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion....
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01/06/2009 04:31 AM
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Economic crisis, Obama response face new Congress
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-dominated Congress convenes Tuesday to confront perhaps the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and to grapple with a hugely ambitious agenda set by President-elect Barack Obama....
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01/06/2009 04:23 AM
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Analysis: Nothing good to say, Obama mum on Gaza
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks....
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01/06/2009 04:13 AM
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Burris making personal bid to join the new Senate
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Although he calls himself a senator, Roland Burris has found little support among fellow Democrats in his effort to take the Senate seat to which embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed him....
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01/06/2009 03:06 AM
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Bush to establish 3 marine monuments in Pacific
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The home of a giant land crab, a sunken island ringed by pink-colored coral, and equatorial waters teeming with sharks and other predators are being designated national marine monuments by President George W. Bush in the largest marine conservation effort in history....
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01/06/2009 01:40 AM
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Congressmen sound off against SEC in Madoff affair
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican and Democratic House members said Monday that the alleged $50 billion fraud involving Wall Street figure Bernard Madoff reflects deep, systemic problems at the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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01/05/2009 10:54 PM
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Biden to head to Asia for congressional trip
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia just days before becoming vice president, a visit that signals the new administration's plans to make the troubled region an immediate priority....
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