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Auditors Urge Treasury to Add Bailout Controls

Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Wed Dec 03

Government auditors urged the Treasury Department on Tuesday to act more quickly to develop the internal controls and hire the professional staff necessary to ensure that its $700 billion financial rescue ...

Automakers pitch details of rescue plans

Kansas.com - Wed Dec 03

GM and Chrysler said they needed an immediate cash infusion to last until New Year's and warned they could drag the entire industry down if they fail.

Little girl's claims at issue in high court case

Clover Herald - Wed Dec 03

A Massachusetts girl's awful experience on a school bus is at the heart of a case argued in the Supreme Court Tuesday over limits on lawsuits about sex discrimination in education.

Indictments Against Cheney, Gonzales Dismissed

Kutv.com - Tue Dec 02

A judge dismissed indictments against Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday and told the south Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term ...

30-mile debris pile becomes symbol of FEMA delays

KXXV-TV Waco - Tue Dec 02

A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a festering testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.

Quest for new climate treaty begins in earnest

Concord Monitor - Tue Dec 02

Negotiators kicked off the final yearlong push yesterday for a new climate change treaty - but with the U.S. government in transition, the European Union in disarray and a worldwide economic crisis, chances ...

Autoworker chief pleads for government aid

The Standard-Times - Sun Nov 30

The head of the United Auto Workers made a public plea Sunday for government help for U.S. carmakers as the Big Three put the final touches on stabilization plans to submit to Congress.

Mumbai to top Miliband talks agenda

Clitheroe Today - Sun Nov 30

The Mumbai terror attacks will be high on the agenda as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks with Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

Is gay the new black? Marriage ban spurs...

WJRT - Sun Nov 30

Gay is the new black, say the protest signs and magazine covers, casting the gay marriage battle as the last frontier of equal rights for all.

Ex-Gov. Sununu's rap on Lynch predictable

Nashua Telegraph - Sun Nov 30

On Nov. 14, former Gov. John H. Sununu called three-term Gov. John Lynch "the worst governor the state has ever had." Since Lynch won a third term by more than 70 percent of the vote, either Sununu is wrong or ...