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Bush signs jobless benefits extension

With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays...

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Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact

Thousands of Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest security pact with US

Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year

Kenya: Somali pirates have collected more than $150M in ransoms over past year

Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral

Blast kills 8 mourners at funeral for Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan

China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake

China says 19,000 victims from May earthquake have been identified

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Today In History

On Nov. 21, 1922,

Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.

In 1789,

North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1927,

picketing strikers at the Columbine Mine in northern Colorado were fired on by state police; six miners were killed.
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