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• Obama taps performance officer, vows restraint
WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama promised Wednesday to scour the federal budget to eliminate what doesn’t work and improve what does to “put government on the side of taxpayers and everyday Americans.” Obama’s comments came d uring a ...
• Is this stock market rally for real?
The biggest force propping up stocks now is widespread confidence that the government is moving aggressively to revive the battered economy and credit markets. That confidence rests heavily on reports that the incoming Obama administration is ...
• China issues bird flu alert after woman dies
Chinese Health Ministry spokesman Mao Qunan was quoted in state media as saying the government would step up monitoring. "This year we must, on the basis of what we have done in the past, increase monitoring for the transmission of the highly ...
• Gaza Palestinians: ‘Everywhere is dangerous’
There (used to be) main targets — like the police station, ministries, everything that belongs to the government. So we would stay away from those,” he said Wednesday in a phone interview with msnbc.com, referring to past conflicts with Israel. ...
• Drug created from genetically engineered goats
WASHINGTON - In a scientific first, an anti-clotting drug made from the milk of genetically engineered goats is moving closer to government approval for humans. An evaluation by the Food and Drug Administration released Wednesday says the medication ...