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Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s old shows up for sale 
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – An Atlanta investment banker is auctioning off more than 15,000 videotaped episodes of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s iconic Christian talk show. “The PTL Club,” which aired from 1974 to 1987, featured Jim Bakker offering upbeat sermons from a couch and Tammy Faye, wearing her…

Sumner Redstone Wins Debt Restructuring Deal, Buys Two Years’ Breathing Room

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NASA rocket failure blow to Earth watching network 
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new satellite to track the chief culprit in global warming crashed into the ocean near Antarctica after launch Tuesday, dealing a major setback to NASA’s already weak network for monitoring Earth and its environment from above. The $280 million mission was designed to answer…

Mass migrations and war: Dire climate scenario 
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) – If we don’t deal with climate change decisively, “what we’re talking about then is extended world war,” the eminent economist said. His audience Saturday, small and elite, had been stranded here by bad weather and were talking climate. They couldn’t do much about the…

The New ‘N-Word?’ Nationalization Fuels Fear on Wall St.

Burris’ support in black community begins to waver 
CHICAGO (AP) – A group of black ministers who supported U.S. Sen. Roland Burris as he fought to get his job now plan to ask for his resignation following revelations that he tried to raise money for the disgraced governor who appointed him, one of the ministers told The Associated Press on…

TV stations get ready to cut analog signal    photo
NEW YORK (AP) – In theater superstition, a bad dress rehearsal is supposed to foretell a good opening night. If so, the U.S. might be in good shape when it turns off the last analog TV broadcasts in June, because the lead-up to the smaller-scale turnoff on Tuesday has been confusing to both…

Clinton heads to Asia with global agenda

Foreclosures fall from December to January    photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans on the verge of losing their homes fell in January but was still up from the same month a year ago. The numbers would have been higher if not for efforts to stall the foreclosure process. Nationwide, more than 274,000 homes received at least one…

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Conn. judge suspended 8 months for slurs at arrest 

 A judge charged with drunken driving and videotaped using racial slurs while arguing with police officers was suspended without pay Monday for eight months by a judicial review panel. Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield, who was confirmed as Connecticut’s first black…

FDA: Plant knew peanuts laced with salmonella    photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – As far back as 2007, salmonella-laced products were shipped by a Georgia peanut company that knew the peanuts probably were tainted and sometimes after tests confirmed that contamination, inspection records show. Federal law forbids producing or shipping foods under conditions..

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Geithner plans to unveil bailout plan Monday 
WASHINGTON (AP) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and other top officials are putting the finishing touches on a plan to overhaul the government’s $700 billion financial rescue program. A Treasury official said Geithner will deliver a speech on Monday outlining the new plan. But Treasury…

Congress postpones digital TV transition to June 
WASHINGTON (AP) – After weeks of debate, Congress is giving consumers four more months to prepare for the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting. The House voted 264-158 on Wednesday to postpone the shutdown of analog TV signals to June 12, to address growing concerns…

Senate votes to give a tax break to new car buyers    photo
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate voted Tuesday to give a tax break to new car buyers, setting aside bipartisan concerns over the size of an economic stimulus bill with a price tag edging above $900 billion. The 71-26 vote came as President Barack Obama said he lies awake nights worrying about the…