First-time jobless claims drop slightly last week (AP)
AP – The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, the latest sign the employment picture is slowly brightening.
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Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan (AP)
AP – Savage street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens Thursday as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.
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Biden: Talks can meet Israeli, Palestinian goals (AP)
AP – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden says “good faith negotiations” can recognize Israeli security needs and the Palestinian goal for a viable state.
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‘Teflon Dave’ Paterson may not face tamper charge: sources
Investigators have found little direct evidence that Gov. Paterson tampered with a witness in a domestic abuse case against one of his top aides, the Daily News has learned.
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Safety agency under spotlight in House hearing (AP)
AP – Toyota’s massive recalls are bringing new scrutiny to the government’s auto safety agency, prompting Congress to look at how federal safety officials have lived up to their mission of protecting motorists.
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Massa’s long trail of bizarre behavior begins at home
Disgraced ex-Rep. Eric Massa insists he never sexually abused anyone, but he filled his Capitol Hill rowhouse with low-paid male staffers in an arrangement ripe for trouble. “It’s like he had people trapped,” said a Hill source.
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Success of lone gunmen may shift al-Qaida strategy (AP)
AP – On Christmas Day, a passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Detroit tried to blow up the plane with plastic explosives in his underwear. He failed, yet the very attempt shook the U.S. government, set federal agencies against each other and triggered months of political second-guessing.
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