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16/12/2008 19:19

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House panel recesses impeachment hearing - Minnesota board to review disputed Senate ballots - Anthony Pellicano sentenced to 15-year prison term.



House panel recesses impeachment hearing

An Illinois House panel's unprecedented meeting to decide whether to impeach scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich (bluh-GOY'-uh-vich) is over for the day.

Minnesota board to review disputed Senate ballots

With the winner of Minnesota's U.S. Senate race still a mystery, a five-member board now steps in to see if a winner can be decided between rivals Norm Coleman and Al Franken.

Anthony Pellicano sentenced to 15-year prison term

Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano once boasted he could bend the law to help his rich and famous clients get out of trouble.

administration says it's still working on bailout

The White House sought Tuesday to play down prospects for an imminent bailout for distressed U.S. automakers and suggested any deal requiring taxpayer money will require major concessions by the parties involved.

Obama names Chicago school chief to Education Dept.

President-elect Barack Obama announced Arne Duncan, the head of the Chicago school system, as education secretary Tuesday and declared that failing to improve classroom instruction is "morally unacceptable for our children."

White House: Punishment of shoe-thrower up to Iraq

A White House spokeswoman said Tuesday that Iraqi leaders are the ones to decide whether punishment is appropriate for the Iraqi journalist who stunned observers by hurling two shoes at President George W. Bush from close range.

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