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Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout
Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals he'll forge ahead with two priorities for the Obama administration: accelerating withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
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Ga. runoff could decide balance of power
Georgia's seemingly endless U.S. Senate campaign drew to a finish on Tuesday as polls closed on the hotly contested race that will sway the balance of power in Washington.
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GM: We need $12 billion to survive
General Motors said Tuesday it needs $4 billion in government loans this month and a total of $12 billion by late March to keep operating.
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Season over: Burress fined, won't play this year
Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games — the rest of the regular season — after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn’t come back for playoffs, either.
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Polanski requests dismissal of sex charge
Filmmaker Roman Polanski, a fugitive in Europe for the last 30 years, has filed a request in Los Angeles to have a child-sex charge against him dismissed.
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Brand-name drugs no better than generics
There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better than their cheaper generic counterparts, U.S. researchers said.
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Best PSP games of 2008
Three years after its release, and the PSP is still lacking games — most people use it to watch movies on the go. But a nice mix of sports, arcade, shoot-‘em-ups, creative and traditional titles have made their way to the handheld this year.
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Good to go: Travel gifts for tight budgets
Unless you’re the sort who regularly shops Neiman Marcus’ Christmas Book, this is probably not the year to go hog wild on the holiday shopping.
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