Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:27:47 GMT
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense former federal judge who took over the Justice Department after Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace, collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was rushed to a hospital after losing consciousness.

Aides: Obama plans to nominate Clinton (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:11:27 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for a former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who contested mightily for the presidency.

Congress extends jobless benefits; stocks fall 400 (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:47:15 GMT
AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.

Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:40:52 GMT
AP - The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding their once-mighty industry.

China says 19,000 students died in May earthquake (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:24:46 GMT
AP - China acknowledged Friday for the first time that more than 19,000 schoolchildren were among the dead in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May.

Judge orders release of five terror suspects at Guantanamo (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:15 GMT
AP - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.

Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:54:07 GMT
AP - An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday.

Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:56:36 GMT
AP - Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality.

Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:12 GMT
AP - A man says his cell phone saved his life. A stray .45-caliber bullet hit R.J. Richard's chest while he was mowing the lawn — hitting so hard he thought it was a stone kicked out by his tractor. He pulled out the phone. It fell apart.

Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:51:26 GMT
AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.