Obama aide: CLinton nomination on track...Auto woes

Washington (AP) An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving. The aide says financial disclosure issues involving former President Bill Clinton have been worked out.

NEW YORK (AP) The big skid continues on Wall Street. It's been more than 20 years since the Dow has seen a worse two-day percentage drop: 10.6 percent. Economist Dana Johnson says the markets have been taken over by "unrelenting gloom."


WASHINGTON (AP) Give us a workable plan and we could give you the money you want next month. That's the message from congressional Democrats to U.S. carmakers. Ford, GM and Chrysler promise to present a blueprint for rebuilding the industry.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) Five Algerians who've been ordered released from the Guantanamo Bay prison have long denied being terrorists. They say they were swept up in Bosnia and handed over to the U.S. as political pawns. A federal judge ruled they could not be held indefinitely as enemy combatants.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) Three former child soldiers from Africa have announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed group to help other children escape and heal from war. They say the aim is to create a global network of young people like themselves who can get rehabilitated with the help of education.

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