AP IMPACT: Some bailout holdings down $9 billion (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:51:42 GMT
AP - Stock intended to eventually earn taxpayers a profit as part of the Bush administration's massive bank bailout has lost a third of its value — about $9 billion — in barely one month, according to an Associated Press analysis. Shares in virtually every bank that received federal money have remained below the prices the government negotiated.

Employers shedding jobs as recession deepens (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:46:23 GMT
AP - With the economy sinking faster, employers are giving more Americans dreaded pink slips right before the holidays.

Top Indian official admits 'lapses' in attacks (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:10:06 GMT
AP - India's top law enforcement official admitted Friday there were government "lapses" in last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid a public uproar over security and intelligence failures in the deadly siege.

Auto bailout could be tied to gov't-run overhaul (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:26:02 GMT
AP - The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.

O.J. Simpson faces 6 years to life at sentencing (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:55:13 GMT
AP - O.J. Simpson is going to prison; the question is for how long.

Clinton looks to loyalists for State Dept. staff (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:53:10 GMT
AP - Preparing for her new role as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to surround herself with a cast of die-hard loyalists and veterans of her husband's administration to help her cope with world crises and backstage Washington power plays.

US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:56:30 GMT
AP - The Justice Department is readying indictments that could send Blackwater Worldwide guards to prison for at least 30 years for their involvement in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians, people close to the case said.

Opposition vows to topple Canadian leader Harper (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:55:58 GMT
AP - Canada's opposition parties vowed to oust Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government next month after Harper shut down Parliament to avoid almost certain defeat in a confidence vote, but infighting among one of the parties is casting doubt on whether the coalition will hold.

First NFL game in 3-D fumbles, then recovers (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:57:32 GMT
AP - The first NFL game broadcast to theaters live in 3-D fumbled, then recovered Thursday night.

Giants' Pierce to meet with NYC investigators (AP)
Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:11:16 GMT
AP - Antonio Pierce is finally going to talk to investigators about what he did on the night Plaxico Burress shot himself.