Friday, December 19, 2008

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Texas Braces for an Oil Bust

By HILARY HYLTON

The oil and gas industry accounts for almost 16% of the Texas GDP — and that means any slowdown in that sector will have a ripple effect on the state's economy

While They Wait for a Bailout, Big Three Woes Mount

By JOSEPH R. SZCZESNY

The automakers announce plant shut-downs and production cuts as their situation grows desperate

As Zimbabweans Starve, Mugabe Holds a Feast

By ALEX PERRY

The sumptuous menu for the four-day conference of the ruling party stands in stark contrast to the famine and disease stalking the land

Another Day, Another Presser

By MARK HALPERIN

The president-elect will hold his fifth press availability this week Friday to announce more administration picks. Get details on The Page

What's Behind Obama's Rightward Outreach?

By MASSIMO CALABRESI / WASHINGTON

It's hard to pick up a paper these days without reading about Barack Obama courting the right. If Obama is not actually getting advice from these figures, why's he calling them?

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Swampland

By Joe Klein

I am not a big fan of Rick Warren's. He thinks I'm going to hell. He said so in mixed company, at an Aspen Institute forum.

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Navy commander of the U.S. Pacific command, claiming that reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is alive and in control of his country despite reports that he is ailing
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Moscow

Gloom Time for Moscow's Millionaires

By John Wendle

At the annual Millionaire Fair, there are signs that Russia's richest are feeling the pinch

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