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Clintons Join Biden to Campaign for Obama in Scranton - Washington Post
Bill Clinton speaks at an Obama-Biden rally in Scranton, Pa. With him on the podium are Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., who was born in Scranton; his wife, Jill Biden; and the former president's wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (By Jimmy May ... (more...)
Georgia Democrat's Re-Election Gets Tougher After Bailout Vote - Bloomberg
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The state fair last week in Perry, Georgia, a town 100 miles south of Atlanta, had something for everyone: pulled-pork stands, bumper cars, the ``World Famous Redwood Log House'' -- and a testy debate over the $700 billion plan ... (more...)
Pakistan Seeks Expatriate Funds to Support Stocks (Update2) - Bloomberg
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan, seeking $10 billion from overseas to avoid defaulting on its debt, will set up a fund for expatriate investors to buy stocks, before lifting emergency trading curbs that have prevented a rout in equities. The fund ... (more...)
Phoenix 4 Anaheim 2 - USA Today
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -Quite a lively bunch, the youth-infused Phoenix Coyotes. Rookies Kyle Turris and Mikkel Boedker both scored for the first time in the NHL, and college hockey's outstanding player of 2007-08, Kevin Porter, chipped in with an ... (more...)
Boswell: Time to Get a Grip - Washington Post
Pro football might be a far fairer but much less entertaining sport if fumbles and interceptions didn't matter so much. But they do. And a combination of violence and luck are what causes them. Since every team is plenty big and mean, the law of ... (more...)
Today in History - Oct. 13 - Forbes
Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the ... (more...)
Knicks' Curry works to fit in with D'Antoni - Newsday
GREENBURGH, N.Y. - Eddy Curry sounded pretty sure he'll be able to play in tomorrow night's preseason home opener for the Knicks . That's a big step ahead of where he was a week ago, when he was fighting a bacterial infection that forced him to miss ... (more...)
Cost of War - The Ledger
With all the economic troubles at home, how come we are still spending $5 billion a month for the war in Iraq when the Iraq government isn't willing to spend some of its $75 billion excess on their own war? How come Iraq government officials took ... (more...)
Walcott awaiting more bruises and kicks at Belarus - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Theo Walcott had an occasionally torrid time in England's World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan and expects more tough challenges at Belarus on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Arsenal winger was unable to make the same impact of scoring a hat ... (more...)
No plan for the mentally retarded - Boston Globe
IN THE WAKE of the Oct. 1 federal Appeals Court ruling that US District Court Judge Joseph Tauro lacked jurisdiction to order the Fernald Developmental Center to remain as an option for its current residents, the Patrick administration is pulling out ... (more...)
Boswell: Time to Get a Grip - Washington Post
Pro football might be a far fairer but much less entertaining sport if fumbles and interceptions didn't matter so much. But they do. And a combination of violence and luck are what causes them. Since every team is plenty big and mean, the law of ... (more...)
Georgia Democrat's Re-Election Gets Tougher After Bailout Vote - Bloomberg
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The state fair last week in Perry, Georgia, a town 100 miles south of Atlanta, had something for everyone: pulled-pork stands, bumper cars, the ``World Famous Redwood Log House'' -- and a testy debate over the $700 billion plan ... (more...)
Cost of War - The Ledger
With all the economic troubles at home, how come we are still spending $5 billion a month for the war in Iraq when the Iraq government isn't willing to spend some of its $75 billion excess on their own war? How come Iraq government officials took ... (more...)
No plan for the mentally retarded - Boston Globe
IN THE WAKE of the Oct. 1 federal Appeals Court ruling that US District Court Judge Joseph Tauro lacked jurisdiction to order the Fernald Developmental Center to remain as an option for its current residents, the Patrick administration is pulling out ... (more...)
Clintons Join Biden to Campaign for Obama in Scranton - Washington Post
Bill Clinton speaks at an Obama-Biden rally in Scranton, Pa. With him on the podium are Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., who was born in Scranton; his wife, Jill Biden; and the former president's wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. (By Jimmy May ... (more...)
Walcott awaiting more bruises and kicks at Belarus - International Herald Tribune
LONDON : Theo Walcott had an occasionally torrid time in England's World Cup qualifying win over Kazakhstan and expects more tough challenges at Belarus on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Arsenal winger was unable to make the same impact of scoring a hat ... (more...)
Pakistan Seeks Expatriate Funds to Support Stocks (Update2) - Bloomberg
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan, seeking $10 billion from overseas to avoid defaulting on its debt, will set up a fund for expatriate investors to buy stocks, before lifting emergency trading curbs that have prevented a rout in equities. The fund ... (more...)
Today in History - Oct. 13 - Forbes
Today is Monday, Oct. 13, the 287th day of 2008. There are 79 days left in the year. This is the Columbus Day holiday in the United States, as well as Thanksgiving Day in Canada. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the ... (more...)
Knicks' Curry works to fit in with D'Antoni - Newsday
GREENBURGH, N.Y. - Eddy Curry sounded pretty sure he'll be able to play in tomorrow night's preseason home opener for the Knicks . That's a big step ahead of where he was a week ago, when he was fighting a bacterial infection that forced him to miss ... (more...)
Phoenix 4 Anaheim 2 - USA Today
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -Quite a lively bunch, the youth-infused Phoenix Coyotes. Rookies Kyle Turris and Mikkel Boedker both scored for the first time in the NHL, and college hockey's outstanding player of 2007-08, Kevin Porter, chipped in with an ... (more...)