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Executives of the Big Three U.S. automakers pleaded Thursday for a $34 billion government bailout, acknowledging that the industry had made mistakes but pledging to speed up cost-cutting measures that would get the companies back on track. ()
Analysts say the plan would be even more effective if it also lowered rates for refinancings. ()
The group has similarities to al-Qaida and has been blamed for attacks outside Pakistan before. ()
December 4, 2008 · El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez in Mexico are economically tightly intertwined. The economic downturn in the U.S. is hurting the hundreds of assembly plants just across the border as a raging drug war that's killed some 1,400 people in Juarez this year is squashing tourism. ()
December 4, 2008 · When Eric Holder served as deputy attorney general, he recommended that President Clinton pardon Marc Rich, who had been charged with fraud and tax evasion and whose ex-wife contributed thousands of dollars to the Clintons. At the time, many considered the move scandalous. ()
December 4, 2008 · When President-elect Barack Obama introduced his national security team this week, he left two key positions unfilled: CIA director and director of National Intelligence. That may be because it's hard to find people to fill the jobs who are not associated with the controversial intelligence policies of the Bush administration. ()
December 3, 2008 · U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Pakistan to cooperate with India's investigations into the Mumbai attacks that have sorely tested relations between the two neighbors. ()
December 3, 2008 · It is "more likely than not" that a weapon of mass destruction will be used in a terrorist attack by the end of 2013, according to a report issued by a congressional commission. The report said the use of a biological weapon that could include something like the deadly anthrax bacteria is most likely. ()
December 3, 2008 · The CEOs of the Big Three automakers are headed back to Washington to renew their calls for a bailout. Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat, offers his insight into what Detroit needs to do to get in the good graces of Congress and stay out of bankruptcy. ()
December 3, 2008 · The head of the United Auto Workers has said the union is willing to change its contract and will delay billions of dollars in payments to a union-run health care trust. The concession is a bid to help Detroit's ailing Big Three automakers. ()
December 3, 2008 · President-elect Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former rival for the Democratic nomination, as his choice for Commerce secretary. Richardson was an Energy secretary and U.N. ambassador in the Clinton administration. ()
December 3, 2008 · Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss has won a second term by holding off Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff Tuesday. That means Senate Democrats won't have a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority. ()
December 3, 2008 · One in three toys tested by a Michigan nonprofit group contained medium or high levels of toxic chemicals, according a report released Wednesday. And U.S.-made children's toys didn't necessarily contain fewer toxins than their imported counterparts. ()
December 3, 2008 · Odetta's folk songs made her a symbol of the civil rights movement. She performed at the civil rights march on Washington in 1963 and sang "O Freedom." Her ballads and songs became, for many, the soundtrack to the American civil rights movement. Manager Doug Yeager says Odetta died Tuesday of heart disease at the age of 77. ()
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