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Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is searching for dozens more days' worth of potentially lost e-mail from the Bush years, according to two groups that filed suit over the failure by the Bush White House to install an electronic record keeping system. Complete Story...
The only daughter of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love has been placed in a temporary guardianship, court records show.
Police said a Boston man wanted for drug trafficking tried to hide his identity by cutting off his fingertips. State Police spokesman David Procopio said Monday that Francis Viliar admitted to police that he paid someone $400 to slice off the fleshy pads at the ends of his fingers.
A baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations says John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract.
The Phillies have a tentative agreement to acquire star pitcher Roy Halladay in a trade with Toronto, and the former Cy Young Award winner was in Philadelphia on Monday for a physical required to complete the deal.
NCI Inc., an informational technology services contractor that does work for federal agencies, said Monday that Chief Operating Officer William Parker resigned his post, effective Jan. 11.
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. announced Monday it will permanently shutter its paper mill near Frenchtown at the end of the year— a move that will cut 417 manufacturing jobs in western Montana and threaten perhaps 1,000 more in related industries.
An Indiana House panel endorsed a bill Monday that would end the state's privatization of food stamps, Medicaid and other welfare benefits.
Aflac Inc. said Monday it is selling $400 million worth of 30-year senior notes and will use the proceeds to repay about $450 million in debt coming due in July.
AT&T Inc. said Monday that it came to a tentative agreement in wireline contract negotiations with the Communications Workers of America in AT&T's southeast region, which includes 30,000 employees.
A conservation group is threatening to go to court if the Obama administration doesn't start making progress on a backlog of endangered species listings.
Financial market data provider Interactive Data Corp. said Monday it agreed to buy privately held electronic trading network and services provider 7ticks LLC in a move to speed up its delivery of trading data to institutional customers.
German police have rescued four frozen walkers who called up from a waste container begging to be saved from roving wild boars. Police in Darmstadt, south of Frankfurt, said they received an emergency call at nearly 3 a.m. Sunday from a man who said he and three companions had fled into the container after being surprised by a group of boars during a nighttime walk in the woods. He said they didn't dare to emerge.
Northrop Grumman Corp. is likely to miss next summer's deadline — already extended once — for replacing and consolidating Virginia's far-flung computer systems, the General Assembly's watchdog agency reported Monday.
Salt Lake County authorities say two sheriff's deputies suffered scratches while being dragged up to 75 yards by a vehicle that left a traffic stop.
The U.S. Army must re-evaluate a $3 billion contract awarded to the Oshkosh Corp. for 23,000 military trucks and trailers, congressional investigators said Monday.
Missouri acknowledged Monday that it reported inflated numbers of food stamp recipients to the federal government, calling into question millions of dollars of bonuses paid to the state for running one of the nation's top-flight programs.
Congress is taking the final steps needed to raise the national debt ceiling from its current $12.1 trillion to make room for more borrowing.
Hideki Matsui and the Angels are in "serious discussions" about a contract that would bring the World Series MVP to Los Angeles.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is "positively considering" a request to extend a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for an additional three months.
Houston Rockets coach Rick Adelman criticized the NBA on Monday for setting up an "utterly ridiculous" schedule for his team that includes four back-to-back games over the next two weeks.
Houston Rockets forward Trevor Ariza was suspended for one game by the NBA after he was ejected from a game in Toronto for throwing a forearm at Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan.
Auto insurer Progressive Corp. said Monday that Stuart Burgdoerfer, chief financial officer of retailer Limited Brands Inc., has been named to fill a vacancy on Progressive's board.
Iran said Monday a court will try three Americans who wandered across the border from Iraq last July and became ensnared in an increasingly bitter standoff with the West over Tehran's nuclear program.
Dec. 14: Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist at the University of California at San Francisco and the editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine, says commonly performed CT scans are exposing patients to more radiation than previously thought. (Nightly News)
Obama meets with 'fat cat bankers'President wants bank executives to support his efforts to tighten the U.S financial industry, while bankers may tell the president he should stop oversimplifying their concerns if he wants good-faith collaboration.
Lieberman resists Medicare buy-in planSenate Democrats who thought they had found a workable compromise on health care reform learned otherwise from independent Sen. Joe Lieberman over the weekend.
'Ma'am' remark is campaign fodder in Calif.The widely played video clip of U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer reprimanding a general for calling her "ma'am" is the gift that keeps on giving for the two Republicans hoping to challenge her next year.
Climate negotiators struggle to reach dealClimate negotiators pressed even harder Monday to reach a global pact to slash greenhouse gases.
Mystery pair at diner spark cascade of givingIt plays like a scene from a holiday movie - a mystery couple walk into a Philadelphia restaurant, finish their meal and then set off a chain reaction of generosity that lasts for hours.
Obama's Safe Schools Czar Tied to Lewd Readings for 7th GradersObama adviser Kevin Jennings is under fresh attack after it was revealed that the pro-gay group he formerly headed recommends books his critics say are pornographic.
Dark Materials trilogy scrapped amid Catholic complaints of promoting atheism - actor Sam Elliott challenges Bill O'Reilly to debate the issueActor Sam Elliott has accused the Catholic Church of pressurising Hollywood producers to scrap a classic fantasy trilogy.
Poll: One Third Of Dems Less Likely To Vote In 2010 If Public Option Dies This is striking: A new national poll finds that fully one third of Democratic voters say that they're "less likely" to vote in 2010 if Congress doesn't pass a public option, underscoring the possibility that dropping the provision seriously risks dampening the Dem base …
The political headline of the moment is that Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) will filibuster the most recent compromise-healthcare-reform legislation hammered out in the Senate.
Every three minutes a Christian is being tortured in the Muslim worldEvery three minutes a Christian is being tortured in the Muslim world, and in 2009 more than 165,000 Christians will have been killed because of their faith, most of them in Muslim countries, according to a human rights organization that is visiting Israel starting Sunday.
Fox News questions Beck's gold promotion"Joel Cheatwood, the senior vice president of development for Fox News, said the network's legal department had recently sent a letter to Mr. Beck's representatives "seeking clarification" about his work for Goldline."
Lieberman supported Medicare expansionThe Connecticut independent, whose vote is critical to the health care reform bill's prospects, had threatened Sunday to join Republicans in opposing a plan he voiced support for in September.
I can't believe it! I have been on Newsvine for One Year! And what an interesting year it has been. I have found that I really did get smarter here. I have found my voice and a place that I feel that I can be me.
Obama to Oprah: I'd give first year a B-plus Talk queen Oprah Winfrey chatted up President Obama and the first lady on a TV special Sunday night in which he said he'd give himself a B-plus (an A or A-minus if he gets to sign health care reform legislation).
'Twas the night before Christmas, and through the compound Not a creature was stirring, for fear of live rounds; The shotguns were hung by the chimney with care, In hope that double-ought buckshot soon would be there; The children were nestled all smug in th …
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Is it time for 'The Simpsons' to 'g'oh'? - CNN.comThe Simpsons cartoon has been on since the 1980s. Is it time for the show to finally go?
One sailor gives $3K worth of toys to tots NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — It all started four years ago with a Tickle Me Elmo doll. Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Grant figured he'd do his part to support the Toys for Tots drive at Whidbey Island, Wash., and he tossed the doll into his shopping cart.
iPhone users are delusional, consultants sayMany people I know are frightfully attached to their iPhones. They treat them as if they were a peculiar and exotic lover, one they can hardly believe they have managed to seduce.
Lets see, Senator Leiberman is from the great state of Connecticut which just happens to be the headquarter offices of some of America's biggest insurance companies. Sen.
Hands down, even his greatest critics have to admit that Obama is one of the best public speakers to hold the office of the president. In a dynamic speech last week in an open forum at a community college in Allentown Pennsylvania, Obama told the populist crowds the following:
Riverside Tap Water Rated 2nd Worst in NationRiverside residents may want to consider a good filter for their tap water following a recent water quality report. City officials say not so fast.
Genetic studies show modern humans on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau 21,000 years agoChinese scientists have found through genetic studies that modern humans had successfully colonized the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the Late Paleolithic Age, at least 21,000 years ago.
New right-wing Christmas carol: "Illegals in my Yard"This weekend, Human Events posted an offensive parody of the famous Christmas carol, "Feliz Navidad," entitled "Illegal Aliens In My Yard." Besides repeatedly referring to undocumented immigrants as "illegals," a term that's considered pejorative and offensive by im …
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