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Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
World
A 12-year-old girl died Monday after she was struck by a warning shot fired as a vehicle accelerated toward an Iraqi police station, said the U.S.-led military coalition.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
US
You don't expect to hear an electric saw in church, but ex-con Kevin Cross uses the tool -- along with a frying pan, blender and toaster oven -- to help free people from debt. This money missionary helps people destroy those little plastic shovels known as credit cards that so many have used to dig their way to financial ruin. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist," says Cross.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
US
Paul O'Neill, who was appointed treasury secretary in 2001 by President Bush, says the federal government is not doing enough to fix the U.S. financial system.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Health
A Maryland beer/polka hall that closed down when developers bought its land has reopened since developers aren't building due to the economic crisis.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
World
U.S. fighter jets in Iraq have shot down an unmanned Iranian spy drone aircraft, the U.S. military said Monday.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Technology
A piece of an old Soviet-era satellite spinning through space could threaten the International Space Station overnight, NASA said Monday.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
US
An elderly American man has been released from a Mexican jail more than two months after the grandson he was traveling with was arrested on child pornography charges, a family member said.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Politics
Dick Cheney has finally found the limits of government power.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Politics
President Obama said today he will attempt to block $165 million in bonuses to executives at ailing insurance giant AIG. The president expressed dismay and anger over the bonuses at AIG, which has received $173 billion in U.S. government bailouts over the past six months. "How do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?"
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Politics
A national poll indicates that nearly two out of three Americans approve of the job President Obama's doing, but the survey suggests that people appear to be split on how he's handling some aspects of the economy.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Entertainment
Radio host Don Imus has prostate cancer.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Politics
President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Monday will announce administration plans to make lending to small businesses more attractive, two senior administration officials said.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
US
Everyone is looking for foolproof investment advice. So let me give some: Don't assume that what's happened in the past will happen in the future, even if the past covers a long, long period.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
US
It was the best of times in 2004, when attorney Dave Dineen graduated from Boston University School of Law and landed a job at a top Massachusetts corporate firm, Foley Hoag LLP.
Mon Mar 16, 2009 /
Health
Ernie Casillas lived the good life as he doled out millions of dollars in loans in California. The former banker drove fancy cars and took extravagant vacations.
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