UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:17:21 GMT
AP - The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans.
Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:14 GMT
AP - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs Wednesday nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the three-day siege.
Palin files late disclosure for free 2007 trips
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:13:15 GMT
AP - Gov. Sarah Palin has added to her financial disclosure forms two free trips that she took nearly two years ago but failed to report. Palin, who was Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, made the disclosures last month, but after Election Day when she and McCain lost to Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The trips were first revealed in a story by The Associated Press in October.
Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:17:00 GMT
AP - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of U.S. Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province Wednesday, in a long-developing rift over the Bible that erupted when Episcopalians consecrated the first openly gay bishop.
Cruise passengers describe 'cheeky' pirate attack
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:35 GMT
AP - Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner "Pop! Pop! Pop!" then felt the ship speed up to escape.
Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:07 GMT
AP - The aunt and one-time guardian of an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old has been arrested, as police tried to determine how she knew the couple accused of holding the teen against his will for nearly a year. Caren Ramirez was arrested Tuesday in Berkeley, a day after the boy walked into a gym and begged managers to hide him. He was covered in soot, had a chain on his foot and was wearing only boxer briefs.
Study illuminates star explosion from 16th century
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:07:51 GMT
AP - More than 400 years after Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe challenged established wisdom about the heavens by analyzing a strange new light in the sky, scientists say they've finally nailed down just what he saw.
Bond denied for suspect in Hudson family killings
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:06:54 GMT
AP - A prosecutor alleged Wednesday that Jennifer Hudson's brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry his estranged wife the singer's sister was dating another man.
The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ring
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:04:33 GMT
AP - The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn.
Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal
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Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:05:14 GMT
AP - Dustin Pedroia has a Rookie of the Year award, an MVP, a Gold Glove and Silver Slugger and, of course, a World Series ring. And now he's got the big-bucks contract befitting one of the most decorated young players in baseball. The Red Sox second baseman, who earned $457,000 last season while winning the AL Most Valuable Player award, agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract that could keep in Boston through at least 2014.
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