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• Canada’s prime minister calls Oct. 14 election
TORONTO - Canada's prime minister dissolved Parliament on Sunday and called an early election next month in hopes of strengthening his Conservative minority government's hold on power. Prime Minister Stephen Harper's party must win an additional 28 ...
• U.S. takes control
The regulator of the two companies, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) will manage the two companies on a temporary basis. The takeover is the second rescue bid engineered by the U.S. Treasury Department in little more than six weeks. It came ...
• Bhutto widower is elected Pakistan’s president
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The widower of slain former leader Benazir Bhutto will succeed Pervez Musharraf as president of Pakistan after winning a landslide election victory Saturday. Unofficial results announced after separate votes in the federal and ...
• Palin's family always held a place in her politics
One Friday in June, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joined the chief of the state prison system on a tour of the Point MacKenzie Correctional Farm, a 90-minute drive north of Anchorage. It was a routine visit but for the presence of the governor's infant son ...
• Read the transcript
MR. TOM BROKAW: Our issues this Sunday: Senator McCain accepts the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. (Videotape) SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): My heartfelt thanks to all of you who helped me win this nomination and stood by ...