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Analysis: Nothing good to say, Obama mum on Gaza

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:23:08 +0000

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...

Oscars 2.0: The film academy revamps its Web site

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:32:50 +0000

Want to hear Cameron Crowe’s thoughts on winning an Oscar or see how king-sized movie posters are assembled? How about a sneak peek at some of the exclusive exhibitions held at the film academy’s Beverly Hills...

NJ high court hearing case on witness intimidation

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:30:05 +0000

New Jersey’s highest court is grappling with one of the thorniest issues facing criminal justice today: what to do in cases where witnesses to a crime have been threatened or intimidated by defendants to the point where they refuse to testify...

New Mexico's chile yield down due to disease

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:21:14 +0000

Mother Nature really had it out for some of New Mexico’s chile farmers this season.

Madoff scandal, SEC role under scrutiny

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:09:29 +0000

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.

Obama stimulus plan boosts business tax refunds

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:07:56 +0000

President-elect Barack Obama’s proposed stimulus package would provide businesses with billions of dollars in refunds on taxes they paid several years ago.

Nation's health spending rises, but not so much

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:53 +0000

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.

With nothing good to say, Obama keeps mum on Gaza

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:05:20 +0000

Burris making personal bid to join the new Senate

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:04:14 +0000

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...

Fire damages house among 1st wired for electricity

AP — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:51:39 +0000

A fire in suburban Detroit has damaged a boarding house built for employees of inventor Thomas Edison that was among the first buildings to get electric lighting.