Seattle Times - Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, convicted last month on federal ethics charges, on Tuesday appeared to have lost his bid for a seventh... By CARL HULSE Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mark Begich had taken a 3724-vote lead Tuesday out of more ...
Washington Post - CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama moved closer to filling a key spot in his cabinet on Tuesday as his transition team plotted a careful course to shaping the next US administration.
BBC News - Rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have begun to withdraw from some of their positions in east as promised, the UN and rebels say.
AFP - LIMA (AFP) - Top officials from across the Pacific rim were set to open talks here Wednesday on the global economic crisis and to issue a joint appeal against protectionism.
New York Times - By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON BAGHDAD - For the first time since his government approved a three-year security agreement with the United States, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki publicly defended the pact in a televised address on Tuesday night, ...
Los Angeles Times - The suspects say they thought the fire had gone out when they left the ridge-top site Thursday morning. The DA's office will decide if they will be charged with any crimes.
Chicago Tribune - By Mike Dorning, Janet Hook and James Oliphant | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Barack Obama has long presented himself as a hybrid, at once a liberal advocate and a postpartisan bridge-builder, a romantic out to change the world and a canny pragmatist ...
San Francisco Chronicle - (11-18) 17:46 PST LOS ANGELES -- In his first speech on global warming since winning the election, President-elect Barack Obama promised Tuesday to set stringent limits on greenhouse gases, saying the need is too urgent for delay.
BusinessWeek - Ford's Alan Mulally, Chrysler chairman and CEO Robert Nardelli, and General Motors chairman and CEO G. Richard Wagoner Jr. at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing on Capitol Hill, Nov. 18, 2008.
Bloomberg - By Crayton Harrison Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Yahoo! Inc. investors say the search to replace Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang should focus on a turnaround artist from outside the Internet company who can draw Microsoft Corp.
Los Angeles Times - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairwoman Sheila Bair testify before the House Financial Services Committee on the financial rescue.
The Associated Press - HOUSTON (AP) - Flight controllers were revamping plans Wednesday for the remaining spacewalks planned during space shuttle Endeavour's visit to the international space station, after a crucial tool bag floated out to space during a repair trip.
PC Magazine - by Brian Heater Developers have long been touting voice recognition as the future of mobile apps, but various hurdles have stood in the way of large-scale adoption.
GameSpot - By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot Online rental service confirms licensing issues are temporarily preventing many films from being viewable on updated 360s; online reports point to Sony.
The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - BY LISA ROSE Harry Potter, move over: Bella and Edward are in town. And they are ready to perform their own form of box office wizardry.
New York Times - When final weekend box-office figures were reported for ?Quantum of Solace,? this new James Bond movie saw its record-breaking numbers stirred, but not dramatically shaken: ?Quantum,? the 22nd official entry in the Bond franchise, earned $67.5 million ...
