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Report: US had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - The United States and its partners have shortchanged Afghanistan by focusing on short-term goals pursued without a cohesive strategy or a clear understanding of the way the poor,...

Stock futures mixed ahead of economic data (AP)
AP - Wall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday, bracing for what are expected to be more bleak data on employment and retail sales.

More Bush Then And Now Numbers
A followup to Pew’s findings recently are the following numbers compiled by NBC: UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001) Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor...

Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation's recession could "linger for years" unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy,...

Ill. panel to grill Burris on Senate appointment (AP)
AP - Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions Thursday for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he...