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Mortgage plan has troubling loopholes

Associated Press
Dec 06, 2007 10:00 pm - Analysis WASHINGTON -- President Bush acknowledges it's "no perfect solution." Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says it's "no silver bullet." The plan negotiated by the ...
U.S. to tighten reins on Blackwater, other Iraq security firms

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- A new agreement between the Pentagon and the State Department gives the military in Iraq more control over Blackwater Worldwide and other private security ...
Fed plans to freeze teaser rates to help cash-strapped homeowners

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has come up with a plan to help strapped homeowners facing a daunting jump in their monthly mortgage payments. The proposal, reache...
My kinda stamp for Sinatra fans

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Ol' Blue Eyes will get his own postage stamp next spring. The stamp commemorating Frank Sinatra was announced Wednesday by Postmaster General John Potter, ...
Justices heard Gitmo detainees' plea

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Justice Anthony Kennedy, the pivotal vote in so many controversial Supreme Court cases, was again the focus of both sides Wednesday in the long-running leg...
Did one of nation's wealthiest trial lawyers try to bribe judge?

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. -- An attorney has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to bribe a judge and is assisting federal prosecutors in a case involving one of the nation's wealthiest t...
Local Amcol soars with absorbent bentonite

By Patrick Temple-West Medill News Service
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - Some savvy investors are betting on bentonite this year thanks to Amcol International Corp.'s rising stock price. Arlington Heights-based Amcol provides and markets bent...
Better watch out: Web Santa lands Microsoft on coal list

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp. quickly shut down Santa Claus' Web privileges after it found out the automated elf it created for kids to instant message with was talking nau...
U.S. spurning proposed greenhouse gas cuts

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - BALI, Indonesia -- American climate negotiators refused to back down in their opposition to mandatory cuts in greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, even as a U.S. Senate pa...
O'Hare among airports offering flu shots to go

Associated Press
Dec 05, 2007 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- After taking off their shoes, emptying their pockets and passing through the security checkpoint, travelers at some major U.S. airports, including Chicago's O...

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