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Official: Malaysian prime minister to step down in March, hand over power to deputy
Associated Press WriterKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ A party official says Malaysia's embattled prime minister will step down in March, four years before his term ends. The official says Abdullah Ahmad Badawi made the announcement during a meeting with top leaders of the 13...Tags: Telecommunication Service
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US House race in New Mexico pits an oilman against a rancher and restaurant chain owner
Associated Press WriterRUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) _ Small details matter to rancher Ed Tinsley, the Republican nominee in the 2nd Congressional District race. He'll pore over contracts, analyzing fine print to ensure he understands what he's studying. It's a trait Tinsley attributes...Tags: Colleges and Universities, National Government, Petroleum Industry, University of Texas, Parliament
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Congressional investigators looking at federal agency's approval of oil, gas drilling in Utah
Associated Press WriterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) _ Congressional investigators are looking at a federal government agency's quick approvals for oil and gas drilling in Utah, a development applauded by environmental groups but condemned by industry executives as political posturing....Tags: Wildlife, Natural Resources, Heads of State, National Government, Natural Resource Industry
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Anti-coup protesters beaten back by police in Mauritania
Associated Press WriterNOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) _ Police fired tear gas and used batons to beat back union activists demanding the reinstatement of Mauritania's deposed president. Four of the country's unions went ahead with the unauthorized march Tuesday, violating the...Tags: Demonstration, Prosecution, National Government, Coup d'Etat
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McCain proposes $300 billion plan to buy up bad mortgages to protect homeowners
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ John McCain's proposal to buy up bad home mortgages would use nearly half the $700 billion from the recent Wall Street bailout package to assist Americans directly, instead of indirectly by rescuing the nation's financial markets. The...Tags: Economy, Mortgages, Executive Branch, Henry Paulson, Barack Obama
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Britain announces $87.5 billion plan to take stake in banks in bid to restore stability
AP Business WriterLONDON (AP) _ The British government said Wednesday it would partly nationalize major banks, with taxpayers taking a share stake in a bid to shore up a financial sector that many investors feared could not survive the global turmoil without government...Tags: Transportation, CEO Pay, Mortgages, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Lloyds TSB Group Plc
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No football players here: Glossy Penn State trading cards highlight academics, not athletes
Associated Press WriterSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) _ Perennial college football powerhouse Penn State University is promoting glossy trading cards similar to those collected by sports fans. Only, there's no card for Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno or any of his Nittany...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Penn State Nittany Lions, Global Change, National Government, Academic Progress
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New owner of Ferris, Baker Watts replaces chief executive and chief operating officers
Ferris, Baker Watts' parent announced yesterday that it has replaced the Baltimore brokerage firm's chief executive and chief operating officers, three months after the firm was acquired. RBC Wealth Management, a division of Royal Bank of Canada that...Tags: Management Change, Royal Bank of Canada, National Government, Corporate Officers, Stock Broking
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Dow falls 508 points
Associated PressFrantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step yesterday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall anyway and hit new five-...Tags: Economy, Central Bank, Ben Bernanke, Credit and Debt, National Government
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Sexuality fades as election issue
Associated PressIn his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide....Tags: Regional Authority, Local Elections, National Government, Sex, Minority Groups
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Unite to address health care crisis
The state of our economy today is quite sad - with rising unemployment, a liquidity crisis, abysmal consumer confidence, businesses imploding and Americans losing their homes. But an unprecedented $700 billion bailout bill has been passed. And so,...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Private Health Care, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, Government Health Care
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Leave land choices to local officials
The editorial "The case against sprawl" (Sept. 30) alludes to a need for increased state involvement in local land-use decision-making and suggests that counties will object to the loss of power that this change implies. But the issue here is not about...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Local Elections, Frederick County (Maryland), National Government
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