DETROIT (AP) ― United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger urged Congress and the Bush administration to act immediately on loans for the U.S. automakers, saying one or more of them could collapse by the end of the year without it.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Fresh worries about widening unemployment added to investors’ list of concerns about the economy Thursday and extended Wall Street’s sell-off to a second day. The major indexes each fell more than 1.5 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost 110 points.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A bipartisan group of auto-state senators reached a last-ditch compromise Thursday to throw Detroit’s Big Three a government lifeline worth billions, but the plan faces an uphill battle in a reluctant Senate.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― A federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects who have been held without charges almost seven years at Guantanamo Bay.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Major League Baseball owners approved the shift of control of the New York Yankees from George Steinbrenner to his son, Hal, on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― In a painfully poignant moment reminiscent of the fall of yesteryear’s Senate giants, Republican Ted Stevens has spoken and yielded the floor for the last time.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― China has accelerated computer espionage attacks on the U.S. government, defense contractors and American businesses, a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.
Longtime friends and advisors of Hillary Rodham Clinton tell CBS News that it won’t be easy for the former first lady to leave the Senate, but if Barack Obama really wants her to be his top diplomat, they say she absolutely wants to do it, so long as the vetting process goes smoothly.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Rep. Henry Waxman - a liberal ally of Speaker Nancy Pelosi - will take over the chairmanship of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee when the next Congress convenes in January.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Rapper 50 Cent is facing a challenge to his street cred — from Taco Bell.
GOMA, Congo (AP) ― Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced nearly 300,000 people.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, an early Barack Obama supporter from the southwestern part of the country, is the likely choice for the job of secretary of homeland security, a top Obama adviser said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week to a 16-year high, the Labor Department said Thursday, providing more evidence of a rapidly weakening job market expected to get even worse next year.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Fresh worries about widening unemployment are adding investors’ list of concerns about the economy and are weighing on stocks in early trading.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Oil prices plunged over $3 Thursday, briefly dipping below $50 a barrel as 16-year high U.S. unemployment figures and plummeting stock markets caused investors to price in lower crude demand.
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HONG KONG (AP) ― World stock markets tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Tokyo and Seoul losing almost 7 percent each, after recession fears sent Wall Street plunging and Japan suffered its biggest drop in exports in seven years.
BARRON, Wis. (AP) ― A 17-year-old Rice Lake, Wis. student accused of bringing a gun to school to shoot someone has pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ― The Minnesota astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she’s still smarting over the whole thing.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Pounded by a fierce financial crisis, the country is sinking deeper into economic despair and is likely to be in the hole well into next year, forcing more Americans into the ranks of the unemployed.
HONG KONG (AP) ― Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Japan and Hong Kong both losing more than 5 percent, after fears of a protracted recession sent Wall Street plunging to it lowest point in five years.
BOSTON (CBS) ― The Kansas City Royals picked up the leadoff hitter they had been seeking on Wednesday, acquiring center fielder Coco Crisp from the Boston Red Sox for reliever Ramon Ramirez.В
WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. (CBS) ― In the new issue of People Magazine, Ashley Alexandra Dupre is still selling her looks even as she tries to say she’s sorry.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― It’s been three long weeks since the Minnesota Timberwolves last won a basketball game.
(WCCO) It shouldn’t be a surprise that the meanest, costliest U.S. Senate campaign in the country is also the closest in Minnesota history. This year, the election didn’t end on Election Day, and neither did the false claims.
(WCCO) The $4 dollar-a-month generic drugs at places like Target, Wal-Mart and Snyder’s have helped a lot of people. Pharmacists say even if a drug doesn’t have a generic equivalent, there may be another generic in that class of drugs.
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) ― A Texas judge has set a Friday arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and others named in indictments accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a federal detention center.
(WCCO) Chet Davenport and Matt Liddy share a common dilemma, even thought Chet is 1 year old and Matt is 29. They both have uncontrollable runny noses. And neither of them have any idea where all that mucus is coming from.
WASHINGTON (CBS News) ― He was an ubiquitous presence on the campaign trail. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate, stumped for his close friend, Republican Sen. John McCain.
(WCCO) Tom Petters long-time girlfriend, Tracy Mixon, says Tom Petters was extremely close to Deanna Coleman, the whistleblower in the case.
NEW YORK (AP) ― The permanently suit-clad Stephen Colbert has traded in his pinstripes for a cardigan sweater, red turtleneck and furry boots.
LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up. Hilton publicist Alanna McCarthy said Wednesday that the two “remain very good friends.” She wouldn’t say more.
NEW YORK (AP) ― Desperate for starting pitchers, the New York Yankees expect to enter next season without 20-game winner Mike Mussina.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Katie Ohm scored 17 points and Emily Fox added 15 to lead Minnesota to a 68-56 win over North Dakota State at Williams Arena Wednesday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ―
The NFL is giving Adam “Pacman” Jones another chance.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Wednesday the suspended cornerback has been reinstated by league commissioner Roger Goodell, but he must miss two more games — this Sunday and the following game on Thanksgiving. He’ll be back Dec. 7 at Pittsburgh.
Goodell suspended Adam Jones indefinitely on Oct. 14, saying he’d put a timeframe on it after the cornerback missed at least four games. This decision means it will be a six-game suspension. Jones also missed the entire 2007 season. By the time he returns, he will have been suspended from 22 of a possible 28 games.
His yearlong suspension was for repeated legal troubles while with the Tennessee Titans. Over the offseason, he was traded to Dallas and then given another chance by Goodell. The Cowboys gave him a bodyguard to help keep him in line, but on Oct. 7, Jones got into an alcohol-related scuffle with the bodyguard during a private party at a Dallas hotel.
Now, he’s getting another chance. The league did not immediately make any comment.
“He’s just chomping at the bit to get back and come back and be successful,” teammate Tank Johnson said Wednesday, before the announcement. “He knows we’re all with him and we’re never going to turn our back on him and as soon as he gets back it will be business as usual. I can’t wait to have 21 next to me in the locker.”
Jerry Jones said Adam Jones could return to practice Monday. The owner said the player would have “limited participation” this week, but would not be part of full-squad practices or conditioning.
Quarterback Tony Romo said Jones will be welcomed back into the locker room.
“When he was here he worked very hard and he helped us,” Romo said. “He’s a good football player and I don’t see why you wouldn’t welcome a guy back that works hard on the practice field.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) ― Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don’t pose a threat, under a regulation the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― The board overseeing the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system has cut its budget request to the Legislature, citing the severe economic downturn.
WASHINGTON (CBS News) ― He was an ubiquitous presence on the campaign trail. Sen. Joe Lieberman, the former Democratic vice presidential candidate, stumped for his close friend, Republican Sen. John McCain.
(WCCO) The annual University of St. Thomas holiday shopping survey quizzed 660 area shoppers about how much and where they’ll spend holiday dollars this year.
(WCCO) Teachers are in the classroom to help children learn and teach them how to behave, but in one Minneapolis public school, they are being repeatedly assaulted.
WINONA, Minn. (AP) ― Some older voting machines in St. Louis County are contributing to Al Franken’s bottom line in the Minnesota Senate recount.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (AP) ― The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she’s still smarting over the whole thing.
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS) ― California’s highest court agreed Wednesday to hear several legal challenges to the state’s new ban on same-sex marriage but refused to allow gay couples to resume marrying before it rules.
WASHINGTON (AP) ― The health insurance industry said Wednesday it will support a national health care overhaul that requires them to accept all customers, regardless of pre-existing medical conditions - but in return it wants lawmakers to mandate that everyone buy coverage.
ST. PAUL (AP) ― A former intern at KSTP-TV faces criminal charges after she allegedly went on a tirade when she was fired.
CHICAGO (AP) ― President-elect Barack Obama is putting some longtime aides in senior posts at his White House.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Minneapolis will not host a Final Four in the near future.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― The Justice Department says NCS Pearson Inc. has agreed to pay $5.6 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims under a contract with the federal government.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ― Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has conceded defeat in his re-election bid against Democrat Mark Begich.