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Citigroup backs plan to ease loans for stressed homeowners
Washington BureauSenate leaders announced an agreement Thursday with Citigroup in which the financial giant will throw its support behind legislation that allows homeowners in bankruptcy to modify the terms of their mortgages. The provision has been long sought by...Tags: Upper House, Foreclosures, Financial and Business Services, Laws, Financially Distressed Companies
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EU, Russia strike deal on monitoring gas flow through Ukraine
AP Business WriterBRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — The European Union said Thursday that gas supplies should restart after it struck a deal with Russia on supervising the flow of gas through Ukraine. But officials could not say when many homes and businesses across Europe...Tags: Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Natural Resources, European Union, Energy Resources
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Obama asks Congress to delay digital TV switch
President-elect Barack Obama today asked Congress to delay next month's planned switch to all-digital broadcast television, warning that the TVs of millions of Americans could lose their pictures because of major problems in the government's preparations....Tags: Electrical Appliance, Trade Policy, John Podesta, Heads of State, Rick Boucher
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Burris tells impeachment committee he didn't cut deal with Blagojevich for Senate appointment
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris said Thursday he's never been involved in an improper deal in his two decades in government and didn't strike any agreement to become embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick for the U.S....Tags: Upper House, Executive Branch, Corruption, Rod Blagojevich, Roland Burris
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Hours before game, Texas lawmaker offers bill, saying title game should only come from playoff
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama and Texas congressman Joe Barton don't have much in common, but they do agree on one thing: the Bowl Championship Series must go. Just hours before the national title game between top-ranked Florida...Tags: Antitrust Issues, Football, Joe Barton, Anti Trust Crime, Corporate Crime
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Stocks end mostly higher as mortgage deal eases some worries from Wal-Mart profit warning
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — A deal to help head off more mortgage foreclosures pulled Wall Street out of a slump Thursday, giving stocks a mostly higher close. Democratic lawmakers reached an agreement with Citigroup Inc. on a plan to let bankruptcy judges...Tags: Federal Reserve, Foreclosures, Financial and Business Services, Intel Corp., Government Debt
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Will the Shanahan 7 produce the next coach of the Denver Broncos?
AP Sports WriterENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Team owner Pat Bowlen wrapped up his first round of interviews for the Denver Broncos' head coaching vacancy Thursday when he met with Miami Dolphins secondary coach Todd Bowles. Bowlen and his inner circle will now huddle...Tags: Baseball, Football, Public Employees, Champ Bailey, National Football League
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Vice President-elect Biden visits Kuwait on trip to southwest Asia, aides say
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President-elect Joe Biden has met with leaders in Kuwait on his way to southwest Asia. A Biden spokeswoman says Biden and South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham arrived in the Middle East emirate on Thursday. The...Tags: National Government, Trips and Vacations, International Relations, Joe Biden, Diplomacy
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AP Interview: Cheney: No one saw financial crisis coming, so Bush has no need to apologize
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney says that his boss, President George W. Bush, has no need to apologize to the American people for not doing more to head off the financial calamity, saying no one saw the crisis coming. During an...Tags: George Bush, National Government, Dick Cheney
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Obama eyes shake up of counterterrorism apparatus, tapping career CIA man as coordinator
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama is considering dissolving a White House-based homeland security panel created in the wake of 9/11 and will restructure counterterrorism policy under intelligence veteran John Brennan. The White House...Tags: Defense, Heads of State, Police, National Government, John Brennan
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Obama urges bold, quick action to fix economy, but not all Democrats are on board
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama implored Congress to "act boldly and act now" on Thursday to fix an economy growing perilously weaker, and leading lawmakers set an informal goal of mid-February for enacting tax cuts and government...Tags: George Mason, Kent Conrad, Heads of State, Virginia, National Government
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Bush to Obama: 'Want you to succeed'
The Swampby Mark Silva It rained on the Rose Garden picture that President Bush hoped to take with his predecessors, including his father, and his successor, President-elect Barack Obama, at the White House today. So the nation's living and future presidents......Tags: George Bush, National Government, Executive Branch, The White House
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