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The General Motors headquarters is seen in Detroit, Thursday, July 9, 2009. The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market. On Thursday, a judge's order allowing GM to sell most of its assets to a new company went into effect, despite a last-minute appeal by plaintiffs in a product liability case. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) New General Motors expected to exit Chapter 11
1 hr 7 mins ago - After a night spent signing mounds of paperwork authorizing the transfer of cash, real estate, technology and other property, GM attorneys are expected to officially usher the new General Motors out of bankruptcy protection on Friday and onto a path toward a hopefully profitable future.
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian protestors run away from tear gas fired by security in an opposition rally in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Hundreds of young men and women chanted 'death to the dictator,' confronting police wielding batons and firing tear gas in the capital Thursday as opposition activists sought to revive street protests despite authorities' vows to 'smash' any new marches. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT Thousands protest in Iran, defying crackdown vow
6 hrs ago - Thousands of protesters streamed down avenues of the capital Thursday, chanting "death to the dictator" and defying security forces who fired tear gas and charged with batons, witnesses said.
A woman who did not want to be identified holds a sign as she joins a rally calling for South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's resignation, Thursday, July 9, 2009, at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain) State e-mails detail SC gov's Argentina plans
1 hr 17 mins ago - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford pushed for a packed schedule but wanted to keep an evening free on the taxpayer-funded trip to Buenos Aires where he says his friendship with an Argentine woman turned physical, e-mails released Thursday show.
FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev. speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE) Ensign's parents gave mistress's family $96k
5 hrs ago - Sen. John Ensign said Thursday his parents gave his mistress and her family nearly $100,000 "out of concern for the well being of longtime family friends during a difficult time," providing his first public acknowledgment that the woman received payments tied to the affair.
A wounded man lies in a hospital bed after a roadside bomb attack near a market in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Worst violence since US pullback hits Iraq
9 hrs ago - Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since U.S. combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, and American forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.
Fans of U.S. pop star Michael Jackson gather at the Tivoli Gardens in central Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday, July 9, 2009, to commemorate the life and work of the king of pop Jackson. many gathered at Tivoli where they showed some of Michael Jackson's videos and the movie of the Live in Bucharest ? The Dangerous Tour concert. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Jens Dige) LAPD: Michael Jackson's drug history to be probed
1 hr 30 mins ago - Detectives investigating the death of Michael Jackson are looking at his prescription drug history and trying to talk with his numerous former doctors, the Los Angeles police chief said Thursday.
FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill. speaks at the City Club of Chicago. A Democratic official says Burris will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The source says Burris has begun informing Democratic officials about his decision. The official spoke anonymously because Burris had yet to announce his decision publicly. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) AP sources: Burris won't run for full Senate term
4 hrs ago - Sen. Roland Burris, whose deep ties to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich seemed to doom his Senate tenure from the start, will not run for a full Senate term in 2010. The move increases Democrats' chances of holding on to the former Senate seat of President Barack Obama.
Study: 1 in 3 breast cancer patients overtreated
6 hrs ago - One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says. Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden.

2008 Republican Presidential Nominee Sen. John McCain to Visit CBS' 'LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN,' Thursday, Oct. 16

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NEW YORK (Map) - NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2008 Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) will visit the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Thursday, Oct. 16 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

This will mark Sen. McCain's first return to LATE SHOW since canceling his appearance on Sept. 24. His 13th visit to the program, it will also mark Sen. McCain's first LATE SHOW appearance since formally accepting his party's nomination at the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn. on Thursday, Sept. 4. He announced his candidacy for President on the LATE SHOW on Feb. 28, 2007.

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In the 2008 race for the White House, the LATE SHOW also hosted Democratic Presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, who visited the broadcast on Wednesday, Sept. 10.

Also on the LATE SHOW Thursday, Oct. 16 will be musical guest Ne-Yo.

The LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN is a production of Worldwide Pants Incorporated. Barbara Gaines, Maria Pope, Jude Brennan and Rob Burnett are the executive producers.

Official CBS website: http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/

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