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Most popular news on 3 December 2008 |
Ga. Senate runoff could decide balance of power
AP - Georgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate in a runoff election Tuesday, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority impervious to GOP filibusters. Republican U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss faced Democrat Jim Martin after a post-general election campaign that drew national political heavyweights from both parties.
Michelin awards first Chinese chef coveted 3 stars
Reuters - Michelin on Tuesday awarded its top three-star accolade to a Chinese chef for the first time in the celebrated gourmet guide's 108-year history, as it released its maiden directory to fine dining in China.
AP Analysis: Obama free to change US-Cuba policy
AP - Barack Obama will be the first American president in nearly 50 years to have a relatively free hand in deciding whether to ease punitive Cold War-era policies toward communist Cuba, and the foreign policy team he announced this week seems predisposed to make it happen.
Chained teen shows up at Calif. gym, 2 arrested
AP - A husband and wife have been charged with torture and other counts after a bruised, terrified 17-year-old showed up at a gym with a chain locked to his ankle, claiming he had just fled his captors, authorities said Tuesday.
US official: India attack may have Pakistani roots
AP - Evidence suggests that a group partly based in Pakistan carried out last week's attack in India, U.S. officials said Tuesday, and they also revealed the U.S. had warned the Indian government that terrorists appeared to be plotting an assault on Mumbai.
GM says it needs $12 billion loans by late March
AP - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it needs $12 billion in government loans to keep operating, telling Congress in a bluntly worded report that its collapse could have "severe, long-term consequences to the U.S. economy."
U.S. says Pakistani-based group likely hit Mumbai
Reuters - A group based in Pakistan may have been responsible for the attacks by militants in India's financial hub of Mumbai that killed 183 people, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday.
Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt
AP - The luxury American cruise ship teeming with hundreds of tourists just might have been too much for the Somali pirates to resist.
Shrek, Grinch Fall Like a Couple of Heroes
E! Online - Yes, Virginia, some shows do fall faster and harder than Heroes.
Grey's Anatomy Blind Item: Who's in the Doghouse?
E! Online - Why does a certain character on Grey's Anatomy suddenly have so little to do?
Families move into homes that Pitt built
AP - It was a bittersweet moment for Brad Pitt, walking through the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood where families were preparing to spend their first holidays since Hurricane Katrina.
Clinton for a Clinton? Senate guessing game begins
Reuters - New York Gov. David Paterson has famous names to choose from in picking a replacement for Sen. Hillary Clinton, including a Kennedy, a Cuomo and even another Clinton, as in the former president of the United States.
Clinton's India ties may complicate Obama policy
AP - Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton's close ties with India forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.
Zimbabwe faces water cuts amid cholera crisis
AP - As children played near cesspools, their parents shook their heads at a public service announcement drifting over the radio Tuesday: It urged people to boil water before drinking it.
Obama seeks to assure nervous governors on economy
AP - President-elect Barack Obama pledged quick work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he wants their advice in designing a package to help their hard-hit states.
Patrick Swayze denies reports he is near death
Reuters - "Dirty Dancing" star Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, on Tuesday denied tabloid stories that he is near death.
Swayze says he's winning fight against cancer
AP - Patrick Swayze is angry about tabloid reports that say he doesn't have long to live. The actor, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year, issued a statement Tuesday affirming that so far he is winning his fight against the disease and responding well to treatment.
Tapes, records from Nixon years to be made public
AP - The government is opening another window into Richard Nixon's shattered presidency.
Ford tells Congress it may be able to go it alone
AP - Humbled and fighting for survival, Detroit's once-mighty automakers appealed to Congress with a retooled case for a huge bailout Tuesday, pledging to slash workers, car lines and executive pay in return for a federal lifeline. GM said it wouldn't last till New Year's without an immediate $4 billion and could drag the entire industry down if it fails.
Thai airports to reopen after PM ousted by court
AP - Anti-government demonstrators in Thailand declared victory Tuesday and said they will end their occupation of the country's two main airports after a court decision forced the country's prime minister from office.
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