DETROIT – Shares of General Motors Corp. (GM) extended their decline on Wednesday, losing another 4 percent, after news that billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s investment company sold 12 million shares. GM’s stock, already down 50 percent this year, fell to its lowest in more than 20 years after Kerkorian’s Tracinda Corp. …
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24 November
True Cost of NYC Transit Strike Unknown
NEW YORK – Shops without shoppers. Work without workers. For three days, a transit strike in the city that never sleeps forced much of its hard-charging economy to take a fitful nap. But how much damage did the strike actually inflict on the economy? Probably not nearly as much as …
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24 November
Thousands of Babies Suffer Strokes Every Year
WASHINGTON – It looked like a seizure when little Alexzandra Gonzales jerked and then went limp, barely breathing. A frantic race to the hospital led to a diagnosis her parents found hard to believe: Just days before her first birthday, she had had a stroke. “We never knew that children …
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24 November
Transcript: Interview With Christopher Burnham
UNITED NATIONS – U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Management Christopher Burnham, who took the job only six months ago, is the man charged with cleaning up the U.N.’s still-growing scandal in its $1.4 billion procurement department. Burnham, whose last job was as chief financial officer for the U.S. State Department, is still …
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24 November
Brighten a Serviceperson's Season!
Below are the addresses of several hospitals where men and women who served their country are recovering from their injuries. Please take the time to let them know how much you appreciate them; send them a Christmas card. Walter Reed Army Medical Center 6900 Georgia Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20307-5001 …
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24 November
Mom Tosses Baby Out of Burning Apartment
NEW YORK – A mother trapped in a burning third-floor apartment prayed and then dropped her 1-month-old son out a window to the crowd below. The infant was caught safely by a man who plays catcher for his employer’s baseball team. The rescuer gave the baby mouth-to-mouth resuscitation — a …
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24 November
'Idol' Runner-Up Bice Releasing Debut Disc
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – “American Idol” has made Bo Bice a hot property this year, both for his music talent and for his long-haired sex appeal. Now he hopes to cash in. Bice, 30, finished the TV show’s fourth season as the runner-up, but the Alabama native hopes to follow Clay …
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24 November
Bomb Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – A remote-control bomb exploded on a mountainous road in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one U.S. service member and wounding two, officials said. The attack occurred as the troops were driving in an armored vehicle in Kunar province near the regional capital Asadabad, said Sgt. Maj. Larry …
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24 November
Hurricane Web Coverage Archive Opens
NEW YORK – The Internet Archive is preserving more than 25 million Web pages relating to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from some 1,500 news, online journals and other sites. The pages, recorded Sept. 4 to Oct. 17, include the Web site of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, which was only …
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24 November
Gov. Barbour Blames Congress for Slow Hurricane Recovery
WASHINGTON – Congressional failures to approve emergency funding for roads, schools and housing construction have stalled Mississippi efforts to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, the state’s Republican governor testified Wednesday. Without such help, Mississippi businesses are unable to decide where to relocate and rebuild — potentially costing the state jobs and …
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