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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media after voting in New York November 3, 2009.REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

New York Mayor Bloomberg wins into third term

Reuters - Tue Nov 3, 10:56 PM

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who engineered a change in the city's term-limits law so he could run again and set a U.S. record for financing his campaign, won a third term on Tuesday, local media declared.

  • A sold sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Francisco, California, in August 2009. With jobless numbers soaring and year-end holidays close at hand, the US Senate on Wednesday voted to extend unemployment benefits and expand a vastly popular tax credit for homebuyers. Photo:Justin Sullivan/AFP
    US Senate approves jobless help extension AFP - 47 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - With jobless numbers soaring and year-end holidays close at hand, the US Senate on Wednesday voted to extend unemployment benefits and expand a vastly popular tax credit for homebuyers.

  • A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. Two men wrongly imprisoned for life and a third still facing the death penalty argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday that their sentences were the result of judicial misconduct and negligence. Photo:Mandel Ngan/AFP
    US Supreme Court hears judicial misconduct cases AFP - 56 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Two men wrongly imprisoned for life and a third still facing the death penalty argued before the Supreme Court Wednesday that their sentences were the result of judicial misconduct and negligence.

  • The flag of US auto giant General Motors flys in front of the Opel plant in the western German city of Kaiserslautern on November 4. The White House on Wednesday said it had nothing to do with General Motors' decision to scrap plans to sell its unit Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium. Photo:Torsten Silz/AFP
    White House says not involved with GM abandoning Opel sale AFP - 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The White House on Wednesday said it had nothing to do with General Motors' decision to scrap plans to sell its unit Opel to a Canadian-Russian consortium.

  • Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a dinner at the Federal Reserve Building in October 2009. The US Federal Reserve kept its near-zero interest rate policy Wednesday and maintained a trillion-dollar support of the ailing economy, saying had 'continued to pick up' since September. Photo:Mark Wilson/AFP
    Fed holds near-zero rates to support fragile recovery AFP - 2 hours, 2 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Reserve said Wednesday it would hold interest rates near zero for "an extended period" and maintain stimulus measures to support a fragile recovery from recession.

  • The US Capitol dome is seen in Washington, DC. The US House of Representatives was on course Wednesday to vote this weekend on sweeping legislation to overhaul US health care, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, officials said. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP
    US House eyes Saturday health care vote AFP - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives was on course Wednesday to vote this weekend on sweeping legislation to overhaul US health care, President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, officials said.


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