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Obama, Democrats look to revamp financial bailout (AP)

 
AP - Eager to shift the course of the government's financial sector bailout fund, President-elect Barack Obama and congressional Democrats want to apply greater scrutiny and a more defined mission to the beleaguered $700 billion rescue program. (link)

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