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US News Archive for December 2007:
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Michigan Hires Rodriguez as Coach
Michigan has hired West Virginia?s Rich Rodriguez as its next football coach, ending a nearly month long search in which two other candidates withdrew from consideration for the job...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Pakistan Says Terrorism Suspect Has Escaped
A man who was arrested in Pakistan last year on suspicion of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic airplanes, and who faced extradition to Britain in another case, escaped from his guards Saturday after a court hearing here, officials said Sunday...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
G.O.P. Rivals Clash Over Support of Bush Policies
Mitt Romney called on Mike Huckabee to apologize to the president over criticism of his foreign policy...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
The Nation: For Republicans, Falling in Love Is Hard to Do
It is hard to think of another campaign when Republican voters have seemed less excited about their choices...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Russia Helps Its Muslims Take the Journey to Mecca
Moved by internal politics and Saudi ties, tens of thousands of Russian Muslims traveled to Saudi Arabia to join the masses in Mecca, Islam?s holiest site...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Retailers Face an Ominous Holiday Sign
Sales of women?s clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually weak so far this year, according to a major credit card company...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Retailers Face an Ominous Holiday Sign
Sales of women?s clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually weak so far this year, according to a major credit card company...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Favre beats pass landmark
Brett Favre throws three touchdown passes in a game for a record 63rd time as Green Bay win in Detroit...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
Congress unbowed on CIA tapes
Members of the US Congress are to pursue their own inquiry into the CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
In Iowa, Coveted Newspaper Endorsements for Clinton and McCain Campaigns
The Des Moines Register?s editorial board called Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain the candidates who were the most competent and ready to lead...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Snowstorms Delay Air Travel
Snow overnight gave way to rain on Sunday in the New York City area, even as much of the Northeast was hit by snowstorms that delayed air travel and caused traffic accidents...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
British Hand Basra to Iraqis
British forces formally handed over responsibility for the last region in Iraq under their control...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
The TV Watch: The Latest Reality Show: Die-Hard, Freeze-Frame Politics With a Life of Their Own
Primary debates have become the raw footage of political discourse, with highlights culled from hours and hours of material and showcased on television and the Internet...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Yankees pitcher admits to doping
New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte admits he used human growth hormone in 2002 while he was recovering from injury...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
Football: Boca lose to AC Milan
Filippo Inzaghi scores twice as AC Milan beat Boca Juniors to win the Club World Championship in Japan...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
Letterman Seeks Deal With Writers? Union
The deal, which would allow David Letterman?s show to return in January, could be the first break in a strike...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Wheels: What?s So Great About Scooters?
At the beginning of the 20th century, Henry Ford envisioned two cars in every garage in America. I wonder, as the 21st century starts, if we shouldn?t also make room in our garages for a scooter...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
The Caucus Blog: Sunday?s Breakfast Menu
John Edwards is making the rounds this week, appearing on three of Sunday?s talk shows. Mitt Romney is on "Meet the Press"...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Without Heat in the Bronx, Making Do in the Cold
The dismal, surreal housing arrangement at 1277 Morris Avenue in the Bronx seems as much out of Kafka as Dickens...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Steroid Report Depicts a 2-Player Domino Effect
The career arcs of Todd Hundley and David Segui vividly illustrated how the use of drugs spread through baseball...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Climate Plan Looks Beyond Bush?s Tenure
An agreement reached Saturday pushes debates on U.S. participation into the administration of a new president...
New York Times - December 16, 2007
Golf: Woods in total control
Tiger Woods extends his lead to six shots after carding a five-under 67 on the third day of the Target World Challenge...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
Guatemala shoot-out kills eight
Eight people die in a four-hour gun battle between police and thieves in a suburb of Guatemala City...
BBC News - December 16, 2007
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