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Burress posts bail, Pierce in probe (AP)
Taken to court in handcuffs, Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as the frenzy grew around the Giants star receiver who accidentally shot himself in a nightclub. Authorities said teammate Antonio Pierce was being investigated over his role in the weekend shooting, while the Super Bowl-champion Giants weren't sure what action they would take, if any, against...
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:22:01 PST
| Williams, Slaton lead Texans past Jags (AP)
Steve Slaton wanted the ball more. So the rookie marched up to Houston coach Gary Kubiak at halftime, grabbed him by the shirt and told him so. Kubiak listened and Slaton responded with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to lead the Texans to a 30-17 win over slumping Jacksonville in their Monday Night Football debut.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:07:18 PST
| Armstrong says he'll ride in 2009 Tour (AP)
Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, marking the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro d'Italia in the same year. "I'm committed to riding for the best guy," Armstrong said Monday, acknowledging the taxing schedule could leave him riding in a supporting role in France.
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:35:31 PST
| Knicks order Marbury to stay away (AP)
Stephon Marbury did not get the divorce he wants, but he and the New York Knicks agreed to a separation. Marbury was ordered Monday to stay away from the Knicks while the team looks for a solution to its $21 million problem -- one that has lingered since the preseason and exploded last week when the team suspended him for refusing to play and he retaliated with a series of inflammatory remarks...
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:08 PST
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Asia stocks slide as global outlook darkens
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Asian equities slid on Tuesday after signs of a deepening global economic slump slammed stocks worldwide the previous day, driving benchmark U.S. Treasury yields to their lowest since the 1950s.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:34:04 GMT
| Boeing engineers approve work contract
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Boeing Co's second-largest union voted on Monday to approve the company's four-year contract offer, avoiding a second damaging strike at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:44:16 GMT
| Greenberg says AIG needs federal guaranty: report
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The U.S. government should provide a federal guaranty to meet American International Group Inc's counterparty collateral requirements, the insurer's former Chief Executive Maurice Greenberg said.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:10:49 GMT
| Australia slashes rates
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Australia slashed interest rates and the Bank of Japan moved to ease an acute cash crunch for companies, kicking off another round of global central bank action to soothe markets and shore up crumbling economies.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:40:17 GMT
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1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder
(AP)
AP - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:22:48 GMT
| Bangkok's main airport reopens to cargo flights
(AP)
 AP - A Thai aviation official says that Suvarnabhumi international airport has reopened to cargo flights despite an ongoing siege of the facility.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:52:26 GMT
| India demands Pakistan hand over terror suspects
(AP)
 AP - India demanded that Pakistan hand over suspected terrorists believed living in the country — including its most-wanted man — as diplomatic wrangling between the nuclear rivals intensified Tuesday following the deadly Mumbai attacks.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:05:07 GMT
| Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush.
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:44:01 GMT
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