For Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Obama named 'Person of the Year'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787887.stm

Feds: Suspicious packages sent to Guard, Reserve in 36 states

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1003564

AP source: Donor to Richardson being probed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28277636/

Becerra won't take U.S. trade rep job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28276692/

Video: Obama adviser grilled over Blagojevich

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Dollar falls as Fed slashes rates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7787239.stm

Where Is YOUR Money? And Why Won't Bailed-Out Banks Say?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Business/story?id=6479322&page=1

Auto rescue being worked on quickly: Paulson

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4b50cl-us-autos-bailout/

Morgan Stanley posts loss on writedowns

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3r3-us-morganstanley/

Public mood darkens on job fears: Reuters poll

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre4bg3bn-us-usa-poll/

Poll Depicts Deeply Troubled Nation

http://abcnews.go.com/PollingUnit/Economy/story?id=6473252&page=1

Ancestral History Explains Roots Of Income Inequality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216114106.htm

Is Holiday Giving An Obligation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216131108.htm

Last-minute Web sites to save your holiday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28183159/

Surprise! Credit Card Traps

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=6465050&page=1

Are You Drowning in Credit Card Debt?

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4772073

More Americans hurt by downturn

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273423/

The dead mall problem

http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/17/news/economy/retail_wasteland/index.htm?postversion=2008121706

Fix your attitude for sake of your career

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/worklife/12/17/cb.attitude.toward.work/index.html

10 Ways to Job Hunt During Winter Break

http://abcnews.go.com/OnCampus/story?id=6444613&page=1

Consumer Tips: Health benefits after layoff

http://tips.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/17/securing-health-benfits-after-a-layoff/

China's middle class vents anger over economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28273651/

Watchdog 'ignored' Madoff warning

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7786923.stm

$50B Scam: Did the SEC Miss the Obvious?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/moneybeat/2008/12/did-the-sec-mis.html

UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7787103.stm

Changes 'amplify Arctic warming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7786910.stm

Iraq MPs rage over shoe thrower

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7788096.stm

Zardari rejects Mumbai 'claims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7787518.stm

Anti-piracy force thwarts attack on Chinese ship

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_af/piracy;_ylt=As155mv9kunMN_qmP8jj4kKs0NUE

Political punch-up in Mexican parliament

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7787267.stm

Answers To Huge Wind-farm Problems Are Blowin' In The Wind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081216104307.htm