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Hamas lawmakers: Abbas term ends in January
(AP)
 AP - Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legislators Monday.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:55:41 GMT
| Europe governments go their own way on crisis
(AP)
 AP - Individual European governments issued a cascade of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial markets, even as stock markets crashed and the euro sank to its lowest level for over a year.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:38:35 GMT
| Iraqi women fear going public as candidates
(AP)
 AP - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years — until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:56:02 GMT
| Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
(AP)
 AP - A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:54:58 GMT
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Saints brace for Vikings' Peterson (AP)
Power running, anyone? Adrian Peterson and Deuce McAllister both have a knack for inflicting pain on tacklers, turning nothing into something and wearing down defenses. Whether their teams rely on them to the same extent when the Minnesota Vikings visit the New Orleans Saints on Monday night is another matter.
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:36:30 PDT
| Jets S Smith appeals 1-game suspension (AP)
New York Jets safety Eric Smith appealed his one-game suspension and $50,000 fine by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit last week on Arizona receiver Anquan Boldin. Coach Eric Mangini said Smith was going through the appeal process Monday and a ruling was expected later in the day or Tuesday. "Nothing has been finalized with that yet," Mangini said.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:29:42 PDT
| Burress unapologetic in return to Giants (AP)
An unapologetic Plaxico Burress rejoined the New York Giants on Monday, noting he didn't lose any sleep after the Super Bowl champions suspended him for a game. Burress missed a team meeting two weeks ago without bothering to telephone the Giants. The receiver who caught the winning touchdown in the Super Bowl attributed his absence on Sept.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:41:28 PDT
| Packers' Rodgers expected to play Sunday (AP)
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss some practice again this week, but is expected to play at Seattle next Sunday. "We're going to go into the week planning on Aaron to play," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Monday. Rodgers played against Atlanta on Sunday despite spraining his right shoulder in the previous week's game at Tampa Bay.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:18:43 PDT
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BofA earnings tumble, cuts dividend
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Bank of America Corp, the largest U.S. bank, reported a 68 percent drop in quarterly earnings on Monday, cut its dividend in half and said it would seek to raise $10 billion in additional capital.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:28:22 GMT
| Dow dives below 10,000 on credit, recession fears
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks slid for a fourth straight day on Monday, leaving the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:09:50 GMT
| Crisis topples stocks as U.S. urges unity
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Governments around the world grasped at new measures to contain the fast-spreading credit crisis on Monday but stock, bond and commodity markets saw investors betting on deepening uncertainty and a sharp global downturn.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:53:22 GMT
| Oil drops 6 percent to below $88 on demand concerns
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Oil dropped more than 6 percent to below $88 a barrel on Monday as a global market rout churned concerns that faltering fuel demand could slow further.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:43:21 GMT
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Debate stakes higher for McCain as insults mount
(AP)
 AP - Running short on time, John McCain has the most riding on the second presidential debate, though Barack Obama will be out of his scripted comfort zone in the town hall-style confrontation. It could be ugly if Monday's tussling is any indication.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:16:48 GMT
| 'Bride' and 'groom' to be restored to Calif. forms
(AP)
 AP - California health officials say the words "bride" and "groom" will reappear on marriage license applications starting next month.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:21:07 GMT
| Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown
(AP)
 AP - Three days after providing a $700 billion bailout for Wall Street, Congress is holding its first hearing into what caused the nation's financial markets to collapse last month.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:07:35 GMT
| Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since '04
(AP)
 AP - Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:36:53 GMT
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