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Salmonella outbreak sickens 388 across U.S.: CDC (Reuters)
January 8, 2009
Reuters - An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has made 388 people sick across 42 states, sending 18 percent of them to the hospital, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday.
Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza militants fired a rocket barrage into southern Israel almost simultaneously.
Pink slips pile higher amid deepening recession (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Pink slips are piling higher as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country's economic and financial storms.
Just as Obama begins, huge deficit could hamper plans (McClatchy Newspapers)
January 8, 2009
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON The forecast Wednesday of a jaw-dropping $1.2 trillion one-year federal budget deficit will make it harder for President-elect Barack Obama to win broad support for a massive stimulus package that would add even more to the red ink.
Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."
Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - "Keep your phone switched on," a handler instructs a gunman by phone in the midst of the Mumbai siege, "so that we can hear the gunfire."
Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club.
Fatal Calif. train station shooting sparks anger (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man by a Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer turned violent Wednesday night with windows broken, fires set and train stations closed.
Joe the Plumber to become war correspondent (AP)
January 8, 2009
AP - Joe The Plumber is putting down his wrenches and picking up a reporter's notebook.
Gamers prove their metal as rock stars
January 8, 2009Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band."
