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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Reid calls off vote on auto bailout...Stocks tumble...Family tragedy

WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has called off a planned vote this week on a $25-billion bailout for the auto industry. He says he wants to figure out some way to help Detroit's struggling Big Three but that congressional efforts have stalled.

NEW YORK (AP) - Worry that the U.S. auto industry could collapse has added to recession jitters on Wall Street. The Dow finished down nearly 430 points today, falling below the 8,000 mark.

KEMAH, Texas (AP) - Authorities in Texas say a teenager fatally shot his father during an argument over a fast-food order, then shot himself. Galveston County sheriff's officials say it happened Sunday when the boy returned home with the wrong order for his father. Both of them died last night at a Houston hospital.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles says a Missouri mother hatched a plot with her daughter and an employee to stage an Internet hoax on a 13-year-old, who later hanged herself. Lawyers have made opening statements in the nation's first cyber-bullying trial.

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas judge has set an arraignment for Vice President Dick Cheney, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and other officials accused of involvement in prisoner abuse. The judge says he'll allow them to waive arraignment or have attorneys present rather than appear in person Friday.

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