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12 October 2008, 9:13 pm

Gov't eyes plan to take ownership stakes in banks WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week ...... read more

Lynch brings perspective to crisis - Concord Monitor

12 October 2008, 9:05 pm

New Hampshire cannot help but be affected by the spiraling national economy, but at the same time the state must work to solve its own budget problems, Democratic Gov. John Lynch said in an interview with Monitor editors and reporters. Speaking about ...... read more

Enforcement Policy Raises Ethics Questions - Washington Post

12 October 2008, 8:37 pm

In the six months since the Frederick County Sheriff's Office began working closely with federal immigration authorities, 183 illegal immigrants have been identified, detained and put on track for deportation, a crackdown that has spooked the area's ...... read more

Judge orders Chinese Muslims freed from Gitmo - CNN

7 October 2008, 3:42 pm

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal judge has ordered the immediate release into the United States of a group of 17 Chinese Muslims who have been held in the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for several years. A guard tower is visible behind ...... read more

Vicious killings escalate in Mexico drug war - Washington Post

7 October 2008, 10:34 am

TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Bodies are cut up and dumped in acid. Victims are stripped naked and hung from bridges. Others have their tongues cut out before being murdered -- Mexican gangs are using horrifying methods to outdo each other in an ...... read more

Lawyers criticize Detroit crime lab probe - Detroit Free Press

7 October 2008, 4:08 am

A group of Detroit-area defense lawyers is calling for the U.S. Justice Department to take over the Wayne County prosecutor's audit of the troubled Detroit police crime lab. It's a plea that federal officials appear slow to embrace. William Winters ...... read more