Residual income source
Poll: Majority says Burris should be blocked from Sen. seat - USA Today
 guardian.co.uk |
USA Today -
By Harry Hamburg, AFP/Getty Images By Susan Page and John Fritze, USA TODAY WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans say Roland Burris should be blocked from taking a US Senate seat and Illinois should hold a special election to fill the vacancy he was ...
Video: Burris Refused Seat in US Senate
Senate rejects Burris, but law may be on his side
Israel Puts Media Clamp on Gaza - New York Times
 Times Online |
New York Times -
By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM - Three times in recent days, a small group of foreign correspondents was told to appear at the border crossing to Gaza.
Video: Notebook: Gaza
UN official says Gaza school was clearly marked
Dossier From India Gives New Details of Mumbai Attacks - New York Times
 BBC News |
New York Times -
By SOMINI SENGUPTA NEW DELHI - In the beginning, they were 32. A squad of suicide bombers raised in Pakistan, they were taught how to make bombs, withstand interrogation, and fight to their death.
Video: Singh: Pakistan Agency Had Hand in Attack
India's Premier Suggests Pakistani Agencies Backed Mumbai Attackers
ANALYSIS-Europe gas stocks tested by Russia crisis - Reuters
 TVNZ |
Reuters -
By Daniel Fineren LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Europe may be forced to drain its winter gas stocks with spring still months away, find other ways of generating electricity and buy tankerloads of alternative fuel to keep warm unless Russian exports return ...
Video: Russia-Ukraine: gauging the gas feud
Russian Natural Gas Supply to Europe Dwindles
Facing Losses, German Billionaire Commits Suicide - New York Times
 Reuters |
New York Times -
By CARTER DOUGHERTY FRANKFURT - Adolf Merckle, the German billionaire whose speculation in volatile Volkswagen shares had pushed his sprawling business empire to the edge of ruin, has committed suicide, his family said Tuesday.
German billionaire kills self, family says
NEWSMAKER-German billionaire commits suicide after VW losses
Obama says expects deficit to approach $1 trillion - Reuters
 Voice of America |
Reuters -
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday that he expects to inherit a US budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and that his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.
Video: Obama's Pushes Stimulus Plan
111th Congress Convenes With Oaths of Office
Bush orders new protections for Pacific marine seascapes - Christian Science Monitor
 Canada.com |
Christian Science Monitor -
Together with earlier moves, 355000 square miles of islands, reefs, and atolls now have new safeguards. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor/ January 6, 2009 edition Reporter Pete Spotts talks about some of the ...
President Bush's Last Act of Greenness
President Bush to add marine reserves; not all are applauding
Texas kills 50-year road building plan after outcry - Reuters
 Dallas Morning News |
Reuters -
By Joan Gralla NEW YORK, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Texas has killed its 50-year, multibillion-dollar road-building plan after criticism that it would have wrested too much land from private owners and failed to focus on short-term needs, a state official said ...
Perry: TxDOT killed Trans Texas Corridor name, not initiative
TxDOT scraps Trans-Texas Corridor
Fed Policy Makers Saw ‘Substantial’ Risks to Economy - Bloomberg
 Boston Globe |
Bloomberg -
By Steve Matthews Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve policy makers saw “substantial” risks to the slumping economy last month as they cut the benchmark interest rate to a record low and pledged to expand emergency loans if necessary.
Fed Minutes Signal Worry About Long Recession
US STOCKS-Gains trimmed after Fed Minutes released
Southwest Airlines reports traffic up for 2008 - Bizjournals.com
Bizjournals.com -
Southwest Airlines Co. said on Tuesday it increased its traffic slightly in the month of December and for the entire year of 2008.
Planes full in December despite US economic woes
Southwest Airlines' growth slows to a crawl
Skilling’s Conviction Upheld, Resentencing Ordered - Bloomberg
 stv.tv |
Bloomberg -
By Jef Feeley and Thom Weidlich Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- A US appeals court upheld the conviction of former Enron Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Skilling for spearheading the fraud that destroyed the world’s largest energy trader, while finding ...
US court orders Enron's Skilling resentenced
Court upholds Skilling conviction, orders resentencing
Apple Unveils Software, MacBook At Macworld - CNNMoney.com
 ABC News |
CNNMoney.com -
By Ben Charny SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc. (AAPL) announced price changes to the music sold on iTunes, detailed changes to its media and work software products, and unveiled a new 17-inch MacBook Pro during its keynote speech at the Macworld ...
Video: Steve Jobs Weight Loss Due to Hormone Imbalance
Apple disappoints--no Jobs or big news at Macworld
Apple Drops Anticopying Measures in iTunes - New York Times
 dBTechno |
New York Times -
Philip W. Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco on Tuesday.
Apple changes iTunes pricing
Apple cuts copy protection and prices on iTunes
Apple introduces iWork '09, iWork.com - Apple Insider
Apple Insider -
By AppleInsider Staff Users of Apple's updated iWork office productivity suite will find new location features in their desktop applications and a new online document sharing service at iWork.
Expo: Apple adds productivity features to iWork
Macworld 2009: Apple unleashes iWork '09 and cloud-based iWork.com ...
Travolta's son cremated, ashes flown to Florida - Reuters
 Times Online |
Reuters -
By John Marquis NASSAU, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The body of actor John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, was cremated in the Bahamas after his sudden death during the New Year's holiday and his parents flew to Florida with his ashes, a Bahamian lawmaker said ...
Travolta returns home to plan funeral
Inside the Frantic Fight to Save Jett Travolta's Life
Alyssa Milano Is Engaged - People Magazine
 United Press International |
People Magazine -
By Brian Orloff and Alexis Chiu Milano, 36, will marry David Bugliari, an agent at the Creative Arts Agency. The couple have been dating for more than a year.
Alyssa Milano engaged to Hollywood agent
Alyssa Milano Uses Charms, Gets Engaged
The Stooges guitarist found dead - BBC News
 Canada.com |
BBC News -
The Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton has been found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Asheton, 60, was an original member of the rock band fronted by Iggy Pop in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton Found Dead In Michigan Home
Iggy Pop and The Stooges pay tribute to Ron Asheton
No Charges Against Harrison - Washington Post
 CBC.ca |
Washington Post -
The Philadelphia district attorney's office does not plan to file criminal charges against Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Marvin Harrison for his possible role in an April shooting in the city, District Attorney Lynne Abraham announced today.
Philly DA unable to press charges
Prosecutor: Harrison's gun used in April shooting
Teixeira introduced at Yankee Stadium - MLB.com
 National Post |
MLB.com -
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com NEW YORK -- Having vowed to return to playoff-caliber baseball by any means necessary, the Yankees showcased their biggest financial investment on Tuesday, introducing Mark Teixeira in a Yankee Stadium news conference.
Teixeira: 'In the back of my mind, the Yankees were always the top'
Yankees welcome Teixeira to the Bronx
Texas should be 'Real McCoy' in 2009 campaign - Orange Leader
 Seattle Post Intelligencer |
Orange Leader -
The Longhorns escaped a “game” group of Ohio State Buckeyes 24-21 late Monday night to capture the Fiesta Bowl when McCoy hit senior standout receiver Quan Cosby on a 26-yard game-winning touchdown pass in the waning seconds.
Texas rallies past Ohio State 24-21 in Fiesta Bowl
COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPORT: McCoy pass wins it with 16 seconds left
Nation's Health Spending Rises, but Not So Much - ABC News
 SmartAboutHealth |
ABC News -
By KEVIN FREKING AP Writer AP Health care continued to take up a greater share of the economy in 2007, as spending on hospitals, doctors and other services increased 6.1 percent to $2.2 trillion.
Health Spending Slows, but Will It Last?
Health Care Spending in US Grew at Lowest Rate in a Decade
Health Buzz: Teens Using MySpace and Other Health News - U.S. News & World Report
 ABC News |
U.S. News & World Report -
About 54 percent of adolescents who use the social networking website MySpace often discuss sexual behavior, substance abuse, or violence on the site, according to a pair of new studies published this month in Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent ...
Doc Reaches Out to Misbehaving Teens on MySpace
A Note to the Wise on MySpace Helps
Lawsuits filed against Medtronic dismissed - Bizjournals.com
Bizjournals.com -
A group of lawsuits filed against Medtronic Inc. regarding one of the firm’s cardiac devices has been dismissed by a federal court in Minnesota, the company said Tuesday.
Federal Court Dismisses Suits Against Medtronic
Dismissal of Medtronic Injury Lawsuits Sends Wrong Message to ...
Source: Obama Chose Panetta for his Washington Experience - FOXNews
 New York Daily News |
FOXNews -
Obama's selection of Panetta surprised and dismayed several individuals in the intelligence community because he has no experience in the intelligence world.
Video: Schieffer On Obama Cabinet
It’s drizzling on Obama’s post-election honeymoon
Obama raises $27 million for inaugural - The Associated Press
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite the economic hard times, money keeps pouring in for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural festivities.
Your road to the inauguration
Partying times 10 on Inauguration Night
Franken Stays Out of Washington as Coleman Prepares Legal Challenge - FOXNews
 ABC News |
FOXNews -
The head of Minnesota's Canvassing Board claims it properly counted the votes that gave Al Franken victory in the US Senate race but Norm Coleman is going to court to dispute the tally of hundreds of absentee ballots.
Video: Franken: Senate Victory 'Incredibly Humbling'
Coleman heads to court as last option in recount
