U.S. Approves Plan to Help Citigroup Weather Losses

"Citigroup executives presented a plan to federal officials on Friday evening after a weeklong plunge in the company’s share price threatened to engulf other big banks. In tense, round-the-clock negotiations that stretched until almost midnight on Sunday, it became clear...

McCain visits evangelist Billy Graham and his son

John McCain, who has had trouble convincing the religious right of his Christian credentials, went to Billy Graham's Blue Ridge mountaintop retreat in western North Carolina to meet with the powerful preacher...

E-mail warns of bloody weekend in Mexican border city

"CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- The streets of Ciudad Juarez are empty after police became aware of an e-mail warning that this weekend will be "the bloodiest" in the Mexican border city....

State Dept. contractors peek at Obama file

Wow this is very intense! Makes you wonder how easy it is fo state workers to access files on us all!"The State Department said Thursday that it fired two people and disciplined a third for inappropriately looking at the passport file of Democratic presidential candidate...

Giant Badgers Terrorizing Iraq?

Update: the British military is officially distancing itself from Badgergate:"British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra. Word spread among the...

Wireless Robots Loose at Disney

Disney has released wireless robots into its theme park.  Does anyone remember the Simpsons' episode when they go to Itchy and Scratchy Land, and then the remote robots go on a rampage, they used Terminator-esque vision to determine who to be friends with and who was...

Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Beirut

"Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice made a surprise stop in the besieged Lebanese capital today to try to prop up the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and to reassure Arab allies who have become increasingly impatient with the Israeli air assault, which has killed...

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