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Friday, November 21st, 2008
6:37 pm	Durban rips Big Three automakers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/_gD3TsD6xYc/senator-durbin-rips-big-t_n_145626.html Sen. Dick Durbin is ripping into auto industry leaders, calling them out of touch with ordinary people. But he indicated there's still a chance for the industry to get a $25 billion bailout... (Comment on this)
6:35 pm	Obama daughters to attend private school http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/1s3lqq8OZoA/81121093 WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama and his wife have chosen Sidwell Friends School for their two daughters, opting for a private institution that another White House child, Chelsea Clinton, attended a decade ago... (Comment on this)
6:33 pm	Somali Islamists 'hunt pirates' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/BChK7aY_DJE/7743204.stm Somali Islamist insurgents have begun searching for the pirates who hijacked a giant Saudi-owned oil tanker last Saturday, reports say... (Comment on this)
6:31 pm	Stocks surge with Geithner nomination http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/DeDaMmJGSNg/200811211745DOWJONESDJONLINE000802_FORTUNE5.htm U.S. stocks on Friday surged on a report President-elect Barack Obama would nominate New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. The leap higher in the final hour of trade came on the heels of a two-session freefall and halved the market's weekly decline... (Comment on this)
5:33 pm	Blog: Supreme Court to decide election? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/qYsZp-eGabQ/ The whack jobs are trying to get the Supreme Court to review whether Barack Obama was really born in the US. They will fail, but they’re all excited. Clarence Thomas accepted the challenge to the conference of the SCOTUS, which pretty much seals his reputation as a partisan hack. It’ll be fun to watch regardless... (Comment on this)
5:24 pm	US still seeks ex-FBI agent missing in Iran http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/y3_Z5uR7QIE/US_renews_calls_for_Iran_to_help_fi_11212008.html The US State Department on Friday renewed calls for Iran to help determine the fate of Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who went missing on the Iranian island of Kish in March 2007... (Comment on this)
5:22 pm	Michael Jackson converts to Islam? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/U-js0IBAAKc/ci_11041216 Beleaguered pop star Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel, it has been claimed today... (Comment on this)
5:05 pm	Gitmo judge yanks 'forced' confession http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/uglBoqbcrNA/Guantanamo_judge_rejects_forced_con_11212008.html US military judge throws out US govt.'s evidence against Afghan detainee. (Comment on this)
4:10 pm	Complaint: Cops unjustly confiscate man's Xbox, keep it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/vdN08Lz_Y1k/Deputy_takes_mans_Xbox_during_traffic_1121.html Complaint: Cops unjustly confiscate man's Xbox, keep it (Comment on this)
3:48 pm	With revote looming, observers wonder if GA election accurate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/P_jOGmH8Zg0/Allegations_about_2002_Georgia_election_raise_1121.html With revote looming, observers wonder if GA election accurate (Comment on this)
4:02 pm	Obama names Treasury Sec http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/YpvKpGToKrI/Report_Obama_picks_Treasury_secretary_1121.html Obama names Treasury Sec (Comment on this)
3:42 pm	10 urgent questions for Obama: Camp http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/OWfjzTAbJQQ/ten_questions_that_must_be_ask_10366.php In order to make sure Barack Obama will not be a president like George W. Bush, there are ten urgent questions that he must be asked before he takes the oath of office... (Comment on this)
3:38 pm	Liar's Poker author on the end of an era http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/1oCXD5l1Epw/The-End-of-Wall-Streets-Boom The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in 'Liar's Poker,' returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong... (Comment on this)
3:17 pm	Franken campaign: Recount margin in double-digits http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/SrHArKknF-w/Franken_gaining_as_ballots_recounted_in_1121.html Franken campaign: Recount margin in double-digits (Comment on this)
3:31 pm	US ambassador to Libya confirmed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/pR92r3dBD84/US_ambassador_to_Libya_confirmed_US_11212008.html The Senate has confirmed the nomination of career diplomat Gene Cretz as the first US ambassador to Libya in 36 years, the State Department said Friday... (Comment on this)
3:24 pm	SC college apologizes for racist policies http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/0DU3MT64R6s/BOB_JONES_RACE_APOLOGY Bob Jones U. had ban on interracial dating in place until March 2000. (Comment on this)
3:28 pm	Nebraska changes law on child abandonment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/2D4SvWYpRwA/Nebraska_changes_law_on_abandonment_11212008.html Nebraska state lawmakers on Friday overhauled a law that allowed people to abandon their children of any age legally at hospitals, a senator's office confirmed... (Comment on this)
1:55 pm	Am. Samoa gov. re- elected despite woes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/6YpAG-yiKQE/Incumbent-Gov..htm PAGO PAGO, American Samoa -- Incumbent Governor Togiola Tulafono won a run-off election in U.S.-administered American Samoa Tuesday, despite his running mate facing trial on corruption charges... (Comment on this)
1:49 pm	WH: Bailout opposition 'mindless' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/W7BrhB0ettU/White_House_assails_mindless_Congress_on_1121.html WH: Bailout opposition 'mindless' (Comment on this)
2:01 pm	Post-election hate 'running rampant' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rawstory/gKpz/~3/JW0dCgOzP5A/ Last week, seven teenagers went out on a modern-day lynching because they had an urge "to beat up some Mexicans." Ecuadorian immigrant, Marcello Lucero, was killed in what Suffolk Police are calling a hate crime. He was murdered at the hands of of seven high school students in Patchogue, New York, who were targeting for Latinos that night, according to the testimony the students gave to the police after they were arrested... (Comment on this)