| Mukasey Collapses During Address in Washington; Condition Unknown |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey collapsed last evening while delivering a speech to a prominent legal group and was rushed to George Washington University Hospital. |
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| CIA Withheld Details On Downing, IG Says |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - An internal CIA probe has concluded that agency officials deliberately misled Congress, the White House and federal prosecutors about key details of the 2001 downing of an airplane carrying U.S. missionaries in Peru, according to a senior lawmaker who called yesterday for a new criminal inquiry into... |
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| Obama Insider David Axelrod On Next Steps |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - David Axelrod, a longtime Chicago political consultant and newly named senior adviser to Barack Obama, just spent a week on a sunny beach in Mexico. And his wife, Susan, is in Washington Thursday looking at potential new homes. Still, Axelrod told CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery he plans to stay rooted right here in the Windy City, and won't fall victim to Potomac Fever. |
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| Debate Stirred Up Over Drinking Age |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - It is called the Amethyst Initiative, and it is a national effort by 134 university presidents to start a drinking age debate. They want to lower the legal age from 21 to 18, saying that the culture of binge drinking by underage drinkers is a dangerous problem. |
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| Law Will Require Insurers To Cover Autism Therapy |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Chances are you know parents struggling to care for a child with autism. Now, Illinois has passed a new law granting coverage for treatment up to $36,000. Those who fought for it say it will give financial relief to more than 10,000 families, CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports. |
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| Putin Vows to Fight Economic Collapse in Russia |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - In a keynote speech to the ruling party congress, Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin announced tax cuts to spur the economy and increased spending on social programs. |
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| Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapses during speech |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey is "conscious, conversant and alert" at a local Washington hospital after collapsing while delivering a speech at a hotel, the U.S. Justice Department said late on Tuesday. |
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| Democrats demand U.S. Big 3 offer survival plan |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans. |
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| Obama aides: Clinton 'on track' for Cabinet job |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - CNN has learned that President-elect Barack Obama is getting foreign policy advice from an unlikely source: Republican Brent Scowcroft, who was national security adviser in the first Bush administration. |
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| Attorney general collapses during speech |
| Friday, November 21, 2008 - Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech Thursday at a Federalist Society dinner at a Washington hotel. While Mukasey, 67, was talking, his speech began to slur and he slumped forward. Two people grabbed him and laid him on the ground behind the podium, where he was given medical attention before he was rushed to a hospital. |
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