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11-17-08
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- iraq
- cabinet votes 27-1 to have u.s troops out by 2011
- arnold shwarzenegger
- to host over 700 officials from around the world for a summit on greenhouse gases
- big 3- automakers
- ford, chrysler, Gm- going down hil/ U,S employment declines- 2000: 1.3 M 2008: 843000; 5.3 M in danger
- mosul iraq
- iraqi soldier fires on u.s troops/ kills 2, wounds 6
- UNCC
- votes to add football in 2013/ must rates 45M
- mark cuban
- SEC (security & exchange commision) accused him of insider trapping/ sold stock on mamma.com after CEO info. owner of dallas mavericks and wants to but cubs
- somali
- pirates capture a saudi owned supertanker hundreds of miles off coast of kenya africa/ oil tanker
- nascar
- Jimmy Johnson becomes 2nd driver to win 3 consecutive sprint cup championships/ cale yarborough
- quantum of solace
- has highest debut ever for James Bond movie/ 70.4 M
- citigroup
- banking giant to cut 52,000 jobs/ most since IBm in 1993- 60,000
- CMA
- kenny chesney- 3rd straight entertainer of year (tied with Garth Brooks); carrie underwood- female vocalist; Brad Paisley- male vocalist; George Straight- all time champ/ 22 years- album, record, & 2 others
- MLB
- manager of year- AL- Joe Maddon (TB); NL- Lou Piniella (Cubs)
- mexico
- intrest rates soar/ avg. bank card- 41%; store cards- 35%- 70%
- Brian Nichols
- found guilty on murder & dozen other charges (52)/ sentenceing fase begins
- election
- 1st in 4 decades to take office during war/ Obama raised record 660 M, (Nixon- last to take office during war)
- Top singers of Rock era
- aretha franklin, ray charles, elvis, sam cook, john lennon
- ann dunwoody
- becomes 1st female 4 star general/ 21 female generals
- u.s lawmakers
- newbies scope out capitol hill/ over 60 new faces in the 111th congress
- gift cards
- 47% say they will buy one/ be careful on expiration date, amount decreasing, and store closing
- U.S drugs
- costs for seniors on premium plans to raise 43%
- forclosures
- up 5% from sept/ 279500 home in october/ 34 months in a row for increase
- family leave
- now can be used by military/ 26 weeks off per year/ 130000
- college footballl
- disney tries to get BCS to switch 5 bowls championship series to cable (ESPN)/ offering 125M
- japan
- worlds 2nd largest economy is officially in a recession
- thanksgiving
- ocean spray cuts price on cranberry/ giant food's gives free turkey with $300 bill/ 2n6% eat out
- montecito california
- 100 homes and a college dorm destroyed by wildfires
- u.s military
- stars erach out for injered vets/ 3,000 injured in 2 fronts (iraq or afghanistan)
- california
- over 80 homes lost to wildfires near L.A since thursday
- resteraunts
- dream up promos to lure people in/ Ruth Chris- 25$ dollar gift (tough time=time for tender steak), pizza hut- Egift
- u.s postal sevice
- reports 2.8B loss/ to trim hours and routes