Steel Fight Stops Work on Bay Bridge

A federal mediator is getting involved in a labor dispute over the unloading of a ship carrying steel parts for the Bay Bridge. Three days of work on the new eastern span has been lost as a Chinese cargo...

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VP of Fry's Electronics Arrested on Embezzelment Charges

A Ferrari-driving vice president of Fry's Electronics Inc. who was allegedly such a heavyweight gambler that casinos chartered private planes to fly him to Las Vegas has been arrested on charges he embezzled...

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President, first lady buying home in Dallas

President Bush and first lady Laura Bush have bought a home in the Preston Hollow of Dallas where they will live after the president leaves office in January.

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Priest: No communion for Obama supporters

A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion,.

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Schwarzenegger To Campaign For McCain

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will campaign for Sen. John McCain in Ohio at the end of the month, a spokesperson says.

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Ethics investigation finds Palin abused power

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday.

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Vote: Who won the presidential debate?

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House, in second effort, passes bailout bill

The House passed a $700 billion bailout of the financial services industry Friday, reversing itself after members came around to a larger Senate version.

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California may need emergency $7 billion loan

California may need an emergency loan of up to $7 billion from the federal government within weeks, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

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Bush: We are going to pass financial bailout

President George W. Bush said Friday morning that the $700 billion rescue plan for the U.S. financial markets is needed and must be passed quickly.

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Bush: 'Our entire economy is in danger'

Pressing urgently for a massive financial bailout, President Bush says the nation faces a "long and painful recession" if Congress fails to act. He says "our entire economy is in danger."

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Lawyer suspended for accepting nude dances

An Illinois attorney was suspended for more than a year for accepting nude dances from a stripper as partial payment for the legal fees she owed him.

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Government plans bold financial rescue

The Bush administration sketched out a multi-faceted effort on Friday to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades.

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Inflation jumps by biggest amount in 6 months

Inflation shot up in May at the fastest pace in six months, pushed higher by soaring costs for gasoline and other types of energy.

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Credit crisis still looms over Wall Street

The chief executives at the world's biggest financial institutions might have been a bit too optimistic by declaring we may be nearing the end of the global credit crisis.

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McCain breaks from Bush, takes on Obama

Republican John McCain welcomed Democrat Barack Obama to the fall campaign for the White House on Tuesday with a blistering attack on his judgment.

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High spirits for a battler who's low on delegates

She might be lacking in delegates, money and avenues to the Democratic nomination, but if nothing else, Hillary Rodham Clinton has clearly solidified her front-running position as the presidential candidate to have cocktails with.

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