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| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:00:00 EST Investors nervous about holiday spending |
| A new government report released this morning shows that new orders for durable goods rose a better-than-expected 3.3 percent in August. That not only marks the biggest monthly increase in durable-goods orders since May but was considerably higher than most economists had forecast. |
| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:00:00 EST DeLay indicted in Texas probe |
| A Texas grand jury today charged House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, an indictment that forced him to temporarily step down as leader according to House rules. |
| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:00:00 EST Brown leaves questions in the air |
| In his first public testimony since he stepped down as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency two weeks ago, Michael Brown left many questions lingering even as he vehemently defended himself and largely blamed others for a botched and bungled response to Hurricane Katrina. |
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| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:33:32 EDT Defiant DeLay blasts prosecutor |
| Rep. Tom DeLay went on the attack today after his indictment on a conspiracy charge, blasting a Texas prosecutor and rejecting the allegation that forced him to give up the House leadership as "blatant political partisanship." He is charged with conspiring to illegally funnel corporate cash to state Republicans in 2002. "My defense in this case will not be technical or legalistic. It will be categorical and absolute," DeLay said. |
| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:35:35 EDT Hurricane response spotlights political patronage |
| The political finger-pointing that evolved in Hurricane Katrina's wake not only exposed deficiencies in the government's disaster preparedness, but put a spotlight on how and why some Bush administration officials got their jobs. |
| Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:10:08 EDT International coke ring allegedly run from U.S. prison |
| Of the 22 people charged with conspiring to import "massive quantities of narcotics" into the United States, two allegedly were leading the operation from a federal prison in Pennsylvania, according to federal prosecutors. |
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