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AP Top Headlines At 7:45 p.m. EST
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Obama fills out White House communications team
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named longtime spokesman Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary and reached outside his inner circle for the post of White House communications director....
Investor fear remains deep despite 1-day rally
NEW YORK (AP) -- Since the Nov. 4 election, investors have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that experts say underlines just how anxious they are about what is likely to be a long and deep recession....
Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death
MIAMI (AP) -- The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites....
APEC leaders say no to protectionism, yes to Doha
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Leaders who oversee half the world's economy pledged Saturday to avoid protectionism but shied away from any new proposals on the financial crisis because of somebody who wasn't there: U.S. President-elect Barack Obama....
Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would provide 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars....
Nepal's Buddha boy returns to jungle to meditate
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A Nepalese teenager revered by many as a reincarnation of Buddha has returned to the jungle to meditate after emerging for less than two weeks, officials said Saturday....
Astronauts step out for longest, hardest spacewalk
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts completed almost all of the greasy repairs on a gummed-up joint at the international space station on Saturday, leaving just a few chores behind for another day....
Screen Actors Guild to seek strike authorization
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Screen Actors Guild said Saturday it will ask its members to authorize a strike after its first contract talks in four months with Hollywood studios failed despite the help of a federal mediator....
Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald's get online
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) -- Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it....
No. 7 Penn St. headed to Rose Bowl
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno has no plans to go out on top of the Big Ten....
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