Archive for November, 2010
All US-bound airlines to get info for watch lists (AP)
AP – All 197 airlines that fly to the U.S. are now collecting names, genders and birth dates of passengers so the government can check them against terror watch lists before they fly, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.
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Signs point to thaw in Jeter-Yankee talks
Is the frost between Derek Jeter and the Yankees finally beginning to thaw? Various sources suggested Tuesday night that Jeter’s agent, Casey Close, reached out to the Yankees this week in an effort to move the negotiations forward and hammer out a deal for the legendary shortstop.
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New deficit plan still eyes Social Security trims (AP)
AP – The co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission are sticking with politically explosive proposals to raise the Social Security retirement age and curb benefit increases in a revised plan to wrestle the deficit under control.
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‘Merry Xmas, you’re fired!’ chant protesters
Amid the glitz and glamor before the Rockefeller Center tree lighting Tuesday night, out-of-work New Yorkers marched to protest the cut-off of long-term unemployment benefits.
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Pentagon leaders say gays won’t hurt the military (AP)
AP – Gay troops can serve openly in the armed forces without harming the military’s ability to fight, the Pentagon’s top leaders declared Tuesday, calling for the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban to be scrapped and pointing to a new survey to show most troops won’t mind.
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WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange on ‘Most Wanted’ list
Furious American pols want to lock him up for espionage, but WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange was being hunted globally yesterday for quite a different crime: rape.
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US cuts access to files as Interpol seeks Assange (AP)
AP – The government scrambled Tuesday to prevent future spills of U.S. secrets like the embarrassing WikiLeaks’ disclosures, while officials pondered possible criminal prosecutions and Interpol in Europe sent out a “red notice” for nations to be on the lookout for the website’s founder.
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