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Fannie Mae loses $2.3 billion in quarter as defaults rise
From the Associated PressFannie Mae is making bold cutbacks that will send shock waves through the mortgage market, after posting a quarterly loss Friday that was three-times larger than Wall Street expected. To slow its financial decline, the mortgage finance giant slashed...Tags: Loans, National Government, Government, Fannie Mae, Interior Policy
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Regents study possible sale of mural
The Iowa Board of Regents has agreed to study a possible sale of a famous Jackson Pollock painting at the University of Iowa to help pay for flood recovery on campus. Regent Michael Gartner raised the idea during a regents meeting on Thursday on Cedar...Tags: University of Iowa, Jackson Pollock, Government, Colleges and Universities
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Brazil's president makes push for 2016 bid in Beijing
Tribune staff reporterSeated in a modest library within the sunny yellow walls of his nation’s embassy, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday cranked up the heat in the four-way race to host the 2016 Olympics. The former labor leader, known colloquially as...Tags: International Olympic Committee, National Government, Executive Branch, Government, Multi-Sport Events
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Russia moves closer to war with Georgia over South Ossetia
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMOSCOW -- Russian tanks rumbled into the breakaway Georgian republic of South Ossetia today, and volunteer Russian fighters made their way over the border, pushing Moscow closer to a full-blown war against U.S.-backed Georgia over the mountainous sliver...Tags: Dmitry Medvedev, Defense, News Agency, National Government, Government
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Come One, Come All to the Energy Party!
MotherproofPresident Bush recently lifted an executive ban on offshore oil drilling. He???s going to the energy party, and he???s hoping Congress will show up too (but not in the same outfit)....Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, The White House, Renewable Energy, Hybrid and Green Vehicles
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Nation to state to counties, GOP weathers Peril '08
Spin CycleFrom his unique perch as Long Island???s lone Republican congressman, Rep. Peter King sees a difference between the trouble his party faces in the region and the electoral peril it confronts across America. ???I think they???re two separate \[problems\].....Tags: Elections, C.W. Post Campus, Political Candidates, Town of Islip, Town of Brookhaven
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Hamdan receives light sentence
The Swampby James Oliphant A military jury in Guantanamo Thursday gave Salim Hamdan a surprisingly light sentence of 5 1/2 years. And since Hamdan has already been imprisoned at the Navy base for five years, his sentence would be completed sometime......Tags: International Court or Tribunal, Defense, Terrorism, Government, Armed Forces
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Musharraf may face ouster
In its first decisive move against Pakistan's former military ruler, the governing coalition announced yesterday that it would seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf unless he agrees to resign. Musharraf's allies, though, indicated that he would...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Olympic Games, Parliament, Coup d'Etat, National Government
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TODAY'S PICKS
XXIX SUMMER OLYMPICS (7:30 p.m., NBC/4) - Bob Costas, above, and Matt Lauer host the opening ceremonies, from Beijing. NOW ON PBS (8:30 p.m., WNET/13) - Filmmaker Sabiha Sumar makes a documentary about Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. MONK (9 p....Tags: Tom Cruise, Swingtown, Pervez Musharraf, Government, Summer Olympics
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Pakistan coalition will seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf
Special to The TimesIn its first decisive move against Pakistan's former military ruler, the governing coalition announced Thursday that it would seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf unless he agreed to resign. Musharraf's allies indicated that he would fight the...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Olympic Games, Parliament, Coup d'Etat, National Government
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Musharraf Impeachment Could Bring Pakistani Turmoil, U.S. Worry
McClatchy NewspapersThe leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition Thursday said they'd seek to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, a move that could ignite a political firestorm even as the government is under mounting American pressure to crack down on Islamic insurgents...Tags: Nawaz Sharif, Olympic Games, Parliament, Terrorism, Defense
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Trash piles up at islands Bush vowed to protect
The Associated PressTwo years ago with fanfare, President Bush declared a remote chain of Hawaiian islands the biggest, most environmentally protected area of ocean in the world. It hasn't worked out that way. Cleanup efforts have slowed, garbage is still piling up and...Tags: National Government, Tourism and Leisure, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Government, Nature
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