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Goody's to shutter remaining stores

01-07-2009

CHICAGO � Discount clothing chain Goody's Family Clothing, which has a store in the Quintard Mall on Alabama 21 in Oxford, will begin liquidating its stores on Friday as the retailer becomes one of the year's first victims of the worsening economy.

Airlines fly into new year with wave of fare sales

01-07-2009

ATLANTA — A wave of fare sales has spread across the airline industry in the early days of the new year as the weak economy continues to put pressure on carriers to fill seats even after they drastically reduced capacity and some expressed willingness to cut more.

Aruba prosecutor says end is near in Holloway case

01-07-2009

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Aruban prosecutors said Tuesday their investigation into the 2005 disappearance of Mountain Brook teenager Natalee Holloway is nearing the end and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

Obama criticizes Bush over federal deficit, vows to make tough choices on spending

01-07-2009

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama Tuesday ripped outgoing President George W. Bush for 'irresponsibly' doubling the federal debt, then warned that he could preside over trillion-dollar-a-year deficits for 'years to come.'

New Congress opens pledging to rescue ailing economy

01-07-2009

WASHINGTON — The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. 'We need action and we need action now,' said Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Coleman sues over Minnesota Senate recount results

01-07-2009

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican Norm Coleman filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging Democrat Al Franken's apparent recount victory in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, delaying a resolution of the contest for weeks or months.

Social Security unveils new online application

01-07-2009

WASHINGTON — The Social Security Administration, envisaging the near-future prospect of 10,000 baby boomers applying for benefits every day, has put together a new online service that will allow people to get their benefits without ever traveling to a Social Security field office.

Gupta approached for surgeon general

01-07-2009

WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama has approached CNN's chief medical correspondent, Sanjay Gupta, to be the country's next surgeon general, the cable network said Tuesday.

Analysts: Don't get used to cheap oil

01-07-2009

HOUSTON — All that money you're saving these days at the gas pump? You might want to put it in the bank. The same cheap oil that's providing relief to drivers and businesses in an awful economy is setting the stage for another price spike, perhaps as soon as next year, that will bring back painful memories of last summer's $4-a-gallon gas.

Former Blackwater guards plead not guilty

01-07-2009

WASHINGTON — Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal manslaughter and gun charges resulting from a 2007 shooting in a crowded Baghdad square that killed 17 Iraqi civilians and injured dozens of others.

01-06-2009 Headlines

� Obama plunges into econ talks, predicts approval

� Obama taps Panetta, Blair for spy jobs

� Burris says he's senator, but Dems won't seat him

� Franken on top in Minnesota recount; Coleman to sue

� U.S. government: Jail Madoff without bail

� U.S. auto sales plunge; local dealers report good sales

� Citgo halts heating oil program for poor

� Report: Health care spending slowed in '07

01-05-2009 Headlines

� Richardson withdraws commerce secretary bid

� Congressional Dems: Stimulus unlikely before inauguration

� Reid doesn't rule out Burris filling Senate seat

� Virginia governor to take over as DNC chairman

� Obama arrives in Washington

01-04-2009 Headlines

� Financial slump creates identity crisis for Las Vegas

� Payday loans mushroom in middle class

� Credit freeze puts chill on deal-making

� GOP moderates low in numbers but high in influence

� Lawyer owes $0.05 to IRS, which said he's due 4-cent refund

� Economy tops everyone's agenda as Congress returns

� Even to defenders, Bush's legacy is 'debatable'

� Changing earmarks will challenge Obama

� Colorado governor's Senate choice shocks both parties

� Homicides are down in some large U.S. cities

� Miles from big cities, general surgeons vanishing from smaller towns across U.S.

� Economy influences decision to have babies

� Mars rovers roll into 5th year

� Historians battle Wal-Mart over spot of key Civil War clash in Virginia

01-03-2009 Headlines

� Digital TV subsidy program running out of money

� Manufacturing drops to 28-year low

01-01-2009 Headlines

� States grapple with '09 budgets

� Stores to airlines, many brands vanished in 2008

� City's smoking ban leads to major drop in heart attacks

� Jobless claims data paint bleak picture for upcoming year

12-31-2008 Headlines

� Critics urge Congress to rescind Jan. 1 pay raise

� Online supporters key to pushing Obama's agenda

� NASA's Columbia report reveals equipment defects

� Companies forcing unpaid vacation time

� Consumers showing little faith

12-30-2008 Headlines

� Fallout begins after dismal holiday season

� Having a hard time hearing at holiday parties? Blame your aging brain

� Flooding latest weather threat in the Midwest

12-29-2008 Headlines

� Lt. Gov: Blagojevich out by Lincoln's birthday

� Study: Police officer deaths dropped in '08

� Mrs. Bush, Rice: Bush presidency not a failure

� TVA pledges to test wells near coal ash spill

� Tree farmers work in summer sun, winter snow

12-28-2008 Headlines

� Medicare fraud debate focuses on patients

� Some states consider selling off roads, parks

� Paying tribute to Johnson, an impeached president

� Floods could follow ice in Midwest states

� Switch to 'green' asthma inhalers may increase risks

� Black women in the U.S. appear to be shrinking, data show

� Kennedy obscures other N.Y. Senate hopefuls

� Corruption crisis creates complications, confusion in Illinois

� Rethinking Afghanistan: Army reviewing strategy for anti-Taliban efforts

� GMAC quiet on bailout hurdle

� Group: Stronger warnings needed in Tennessee coal-ash spill

� Study finds that for gift-giving, it really is the thought that counts

� Obama, Clinton top list of nation's most admired people

� In Michelle Obama's rise, stereotypes continue to fall

� Was 2008 the beginning of another Great Depression?

� How normal will life be for Obama's famous tweens?

� Obama's toughest job: Keeping workers working

12-27-2008 Headlines

� Seasonal savings: Stores slash prices to bring in shoppers

� Bargain-hunting shoppers sink gift card sales

� Quite a year, as Obama claims presidency

� 'Change' is the word

� Obama family vacation in Hawaii gives press corps a welcome break

� Pakistan troop reports bad news for terror fight

12-26-2008 Headlines

� Report says WMDs remain high-priority terror threat

� Police: At least 6 were killed in 'Santa' shooting

� Harold Pinter: A master of the sound of silence

� Eartha Kitt dies at 81

12-25-2008 Headlines

� More snow, ice vex travelers in Northern states

� Oil's downward trend continues

� Jobless claims jump more than expected

� Bush retracts pardon he issued Tuesday

� Fed makes GMAC a bank holding company

� N.C. store emptied after bullet fired by escalator

12-24-2008 Headlines

� Obama releases report on contacts with Blagojevich

� President Bush grants 19 pardons, 1 commutation

� Dow falls again amid grim report

� Treasury provides $4.7 billion for another 92 banks

� Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal OK'd

� Congress moves to crack down on bailout recipients

� Wal-Mart settles labor lawsuits

� Medicare waiting period under fire

� Millions of seniors use risky drug combos

� Amtrak trains delayed by bitter cold, snowstorms

� NASA contracts work on space station to private companies

� Water main break traps motorists on Maryland road

� Florida woman claims 'Merry Christmas' got her fired

12-23-2008 Headlines

� Toyota projects first loss in 71 years

� Bad economy helps slow U.S. population growth in South

� Jury convicts 5 men in Fort Dix terror plot

12-22-2008 Headlines

� AP study: $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs

� Top 10: Obama's election voted top news story of 2008

� SEC has been slow to react to fraud claims

� States see increases in Medicaid rolls

� As economy falters, more give up pets

� Wall Street still flying corporate jets after bailout

� Firefighter: Miracle no one died on Denver runway

� Obama enjoys vacation before taking office

12-21-2008 Headlines

� Stores slash prices to salvage season

� In Cabinet, Obama goes with experience, pragmatism

� Obama increases jobs goal to 3 million

� Civil rights leader James Bevel succumbs to cancer

� Investigators shift focus to home of slain toddler's grandparents

� Wintry weather blasts nation from end to end

12-20-2008 Headlines

� Obama short on Southerners in Cabinet appointments

� Got the flu? CDC — Tamiflu may not be much help

� Deep Throat: Beyond the man, the icon lives on

� Music industry drops effort to sue song swappers

12-19-2008 Headlines

� Bailout watchdog: What's the spending plan?

� Retailers hoping for big sales on last weekend before Christmas

� Blackwater radio log: Guards took incoming fire

� Bush unveils 'conscience protection' rule for health care workers

� Mortgage rates at 37-year low

� Illinois lawmakers expand impeachment probe against Blagojevich

� Officials: Obama rounds out his Cabinet choices

� Chattanooga woman can't explain cancer 'charade'

12-18-2008 Headlines

� A refinancing rush as interest rates come down

� Obama looking at $850 billion economy jolt

� Chrysler closing all 30 plants for 1 month

� Bad economy causes welfare rolls to surge

� Energy agency: Oil imports, demand slowing

� TVA pays leading executive $2M in fiscal year 2008

� Georgia judge jails Muslim woman over not removing head scarf

� Poll: Most pet owners say they understand those barks and meows

� Illinois high court rejects attempt to remove governor

� Obama to fill SEC, transportation, trade roles

12-17-2008 Headlines

� Fed cuts target interest rate to record low

� Illinois parties clash over potential special election

� Duncan brings record of modest reform to cabinet

� New railroad route rule draws criticism

� Fewer miles driven in U.S.

� Father of Oregon bank bombing suspect arrested

� Scientists find hole in Earth's magnetic field

12-16-2008 Headlines

� Obama announces environment team

� Bush administration assures Detroit automakers

� Bush shoe incident catches Secret Service flatfooted

� Pushing more doctors to ditch the prescription pad

� 'Barney Cam' returns

12-15-2008 Headlines

� Federal Reserve ready to slash key interest rate

� Illinois officials issue new call for resignation

� Research: Racial gap in colon cancer death rates is widening

12-14-2008 Headlines

� Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither?

� Obama hopes transportation can get economy moving

� Is Obama's Web-based political revolution real or an illusion?

� Obama taps N.Y. housing chief for HUD

� Would Holder exit corruption probe?

� Blagojevich weighs his legal options

� America provides refuge, but not always prosperity

� Routine repairs take precedence in stimulus package

� War veteran widows wrongly denied help

� Star and crescent join Christmas tree, menorah

� Judge sentences Atlanta courthouse shooter

12-13-2008 Headlines

� Bush moves toward auto bailout

� GOP wants to delay hearing for AG nominee

� Angry UAW members lash out at Southern senators

� NASA chief insists he's cooperating with Obama's team

� New test aims to predict breast cancer risk better

� Anti-smoking groups hope Obama will be role model

� Funeral director convicted in New York body parts trial

� Atlanta courthouse shooter avoids death sentence

� Illinois sinks deeper into chaos over scandal

� Northeast ice storm leaves 1.25 million without power

� U.S. to take DNA from illegal immigrants

12-12-2008 Headlines

� $14 billion auto bailout dies in Senate

� Pension relief for businesses awaits Bush's approval

� Governors press Congress for state fiscal relief

� Pressure on Illinois governor intensifies

� Child remains found near missing Florida girl's home

12-11-2008 Headlines

� House OKs $14 billion auto bailout, but obstacles remain

� Tuskegee Airmen invited to Obama inauguration

� Illinois governor ignores Obama's call to resign

� Federal deficit totals $164.4B in November

� Most Americans to spend less money this Christmas

� Poll: Support for government intervention in economy strong

� Kids with obesity gene pick fattening foods

12-10-2008 Headlines

� Illinois governor indicted in corruption probe

� White House, Congress on brink of auto deal

� Obama: No contact with Blagojevich about Senate seat

� Senator loses appeal in airport sex case

� Alaska governor's office sent suspicious powder

� Study: U.S. students score higher in math

� Edward and Caroline Kennedy share tight family ties

12-09-2008 Headlines

� Laid-off workers become symbol of mounting anger

� More people are getting away with murder

� Economy bad all over — even before current crisis

� Congress sends White House $15B auto aid proposal

� U.S.: Blackwater shootings of Iraqis unprovoked

� Marines faulted for truck delays

� Obama's budget cuts face hurdles

� Malaria vaccine showing success in early studies

� Scientists find nutty risk reducer: Eat more nuts

12-08-2008 Headlines

� At Pearl Harbor commemoration, U.S. response to raid is acclaimed

� Obama criticizes Bush's handling of housing crisis

� Influential senator calls for GM head to step down

� How Freddie Mac halted regulatory drive

� Parents wonder how to tell kids they're broke

� Sit-in becomes rallying point

� Scientists back brain drugs for healthy people

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