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Analysis: Obama Treasury choice could calm markets (AP)

New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner testifies at the U.S. House Financial Services Committee about financial market regulatory restructuring in Washington July 24, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)AP - Why aren't the government bailouts working?


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Geithner Likely Treasury Pick; Clinton 'On Track' For State Job  ABC News - 40 minutes ago
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Neb. Lawmakers OK Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law  ABC News - 40 minutes ago
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Brown: Auto CEOs need reality check  CNN - 40 minutes ago
Much has been made of the car company CEOs showing up for Congressional hearings in private jets to ask for a taxpayer-funded bailout.


Prosecutor asks to drop charge against boy, 8  CNN - 40 minutes ago
An Arizona prosecutor Friday asked to dismiss one of two murder charges against an 8-year-old boy suspected in the shooting deaths of his father and another man.


'The less you have, the more you like it'  CNN - 40 minutes ago
Kate Meinhardt felt like a clown jammed into a Volkswagen bug when she lived in a 21-square-foot room aboard a circus train.


Geithner Likely Treasury Pick; Clinton 'On Track' For State Job  ABC News - 40 minutes ago
Obama likely to announce Geithner's appointment in Chicago on Monday.



Neb. Lawmakers OK Age Limit for Safe-Haven Law  ABC News - 40 minutes ago
Neb. lawmakers OK 30-day age limit for safe-haven law which even allowed teens to be abandoned







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Two California thrifts shut down  CNN - 2 hours ago
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Democrats press carmakers for bailout plan  CNN - 2 hours ago
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Ford mulls corporate jet sale  CNN - 2 hours ago
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Sirius XM at 17 cents  CNN - 2 hours ago
"Brother, can you spare a dime?" During the Great Depression, ten cents could buy a little something for those really hard up.

Bankruptcy Is Option to GM Board  Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
Members of GM's board are willing to consider "all options," including an eventual bankruptcy-protection filing, a stance CEO Rick Wagoner opposes.







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Obama's Team Brings Out the Old and the New  ABC News - 3 hours ago
Transition team is expected to announce economic team next week.

DOJ: Witness in Stevens Case Is Lying  Roll Call - 5 hours ago
The Justice Department said late Friday that a witness in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) who is trying to recant his testimony is lying.

Freshmen Sent to Their Rooms  Roll Call - 5 hours ago
Cheers, applause and laughter could be heard in a Rayburn committee room Friday morning as about 50 new Members competed for their first House office.

Sources: Geithner 'on track' to be Treasury pick  CNN - 6 hours ago
Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico is a serious contender for commerce secretary, but he could be tapped for another senior post, two sources close to the transition told CNN Friday.


Workers fired over Obama cell phone breach  CNN - 6 hours ago
Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected to a breach of records from a cell phone used by President-elect Barack Obama earlier this year, a Verizon source told CNN on Friday.