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Final presidential debate gets testy at Hofstra
nia.henderson@newsday.comIn their last and most aggressive debate, John McCain and Barack Obama brought their increasingly negative campaigning to an across-the-table conversation that often grew testy, even as they tried to make their economic and domestic policies relevant to...Tags: Joe Biden, National Government, George Bush, Polls, Bill Ayers
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How 5 undecided LI voters saw the debate
GEOFFREY PRIME Age: 37 Residence: South Floral Park Job: Defense attorney in private practice in Garden City. Prime, a former Nassau County prosecutor, is a registered Democrat who ran unsuccessfully last year for Town of Hempstead receiver of taxes....Tags: National Government, Medical Services, Colleges and Universities, North Carolina, Sarah Palin
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Dow ends with a staggering 733-point loss as retailers report biggest drop in sales in 3 years
AP Economics WriterThe economy lurched deeper into the doldrums Wednesday and took the stock market down with it, sending the Dow Jones industrials to a staggering 733-point loss and erasing any hopes that the convulsions that have shaken Wall Street for a month were over....Tags: Angela Merkel, National Government, Stock Activities, George Bush, European Union
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Possible challengers to Iranian president Ahmadinejad in next year's elections
Possible challengers to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in elections next June: ___ MOHAMMAD KHATAMI: Reform-minded president in 1997-2005. Khatami, 65, now leads efforts for global dialogue on religion and culture. His landslide victory in 1997...Tags: Hashemi Rafsanjani, Democracy, National Government, Parliament, Interreligious Dialogue
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US confronts possibility of long, deep recession not seen in many years
AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The U.S. has not endured a deep and prolonged recession in more than a quarter century — enough time for many Americans to forget what one feels like. But unlike the last two relatively short recessions, this one could be much...Tags: Vehicles, Economic Sanctions, National Government, Stock Activities, Consumers
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Bush: Long-term federal ownership of banks is 'not good for the country'
Associated Press WriterADA, Mich. (AP) _ President Bush said Wednesday he's against government taking part ownership in private businesses, but that it's necessary this time — for a while. "In the long run it's not good for the country," he said. Speaking in this...Tags: Michigan, National Government, George Bush, Executive Branch, Parliament
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Michigan weekend features Oct. 18-19
If you have any questions about the features, please call News Editor Randi Goldberg Berris at 313-259-0650 or e-mail at rberris(at)ap.org. FOR USE SATURDAY-SUNDAY, Oct. 18-19, and thereafter: CENTERPIECE: US SENATE-LEVIN EAST LANSING -- U.S. Sen....Tags: George Bush, Parliament, Lower House, Michigan, Michigan State University
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Zimbabwe opposition leader pessimistic about outcome of power-sharing talks
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) _ Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai expressed pessimism Wednesday about talks on Zimbabwe's proposed government of national unity but his rival President Robert Mugabe was confident negotiations were nearing a conclusion. A second...Tags: National Government, Robert Mugabe, Government, Morgan Tsvangirai
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Bush: Actions 'preserve free enterprise'
The Swampby James Oliphant President Bush called a Cabinet meeting Wednesday to detail his administration's recent actions to deal with the global credit crisis. In remarks before the meeting, the president took pains to ease fears among some Americans that the......Tags: Michigan, Small Businesses, National Government, George Bush, Economic Policy
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Long Islanders' questions for the candidates
Newsday asked Long Islanders who work in fields that have sparked issues in the presidential campaign: What do you want to know from the candidates that is not being asked? (Newsday will forward these questions to the campaigns) Runi Mukherji,...Tags: National Government, Medical Services, Colleges and Universities, Stony Brook University, Long Island
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
The threat of another major terrorist attack is building in Britain, a government security minister said yesterday, a day after the House of Lords rejected a measure that would have extended the amount of time police can hold terror suspects without...Tags: National Government, Bashar Assad, Government Ministers, European Union, Government
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Syrian president orders an embassy in Lebanon
Beirut, Lebanon The president of Syria ordered his government yesterday to establish formal diplomatic relations with Lebanon, a move that could pave the way for normalizing decades of tangled ties between the two countries. President Bashar Assad...Tags: National Government, Bashar Assad, Government
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