AP Top Headlines At 4:08 a.m. EST
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The two top salesmen for a $700 billion financial bailout are in for a grilling by Capitol Hill lawmakers just one week after the administration officially ditched the original strategy behind the rescue....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:55:37 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Detroit's Big Three auto makers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support on Capitol Hill and top lawmakers and the White House suffer from bailout fatigue....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:08:09 GMT
KHAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Taliban militants attacked Pakistani tribal leaders near the Afghan border, triggering a gunbattle and an explosion that killed seven people, an official said Tuesday....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:59:58 GMT
CHICAGO (AP) -- The bitter general election campaign behind them, President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain are seeking common ground on a range of issues in hopes of engendering greater bipartisan cooperation in Washington....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:41:25 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Joe Lieberman appears likely to hold onto his prized chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security Committee despite lingering hard feelings over his vocal support for GOP nominee John McCain during this year's presidential campaign....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:51:00 GMT
HOUSTON (AP) -- Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station's power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:57:45 GMT
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Hundreds of shrieking fans - mostly teenage girls - lined the streets outside the Mann Village and Bruin Theatres on Monday for a chance to peek at the stars attending the Los Angeles premiere of "Twilight." Some enthusiasts of the popular vampire literary series-turned-movie camped out overnight, while many arrived at dawn to secure a place in line....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:03:33 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. founder Jerry Yang has never concealed how much he cares about his Internet company....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:01:34 GMT
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Turns out the Cleveland Browns aren't quitters after all. And they have Phil Dawson to thank for this wild win....
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:59 GMT