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Jan 6, 2009 | 25 comments

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It was a little messy Tuesday on Capitol Hill as the 2009 Congress convened to focus on the economic crisis.

4 hours ago | 2 comments

Will liberals readily accept Barack Obama's desire to get NASA and the Pentagon working together on projects to head off China's move into space?

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His spirit broken by financial fears, German billionaire Adolf Merckle took his own life this week by jumping in front of a train, officials said Tuesday.

Jan 6, 2009 | 97 comments

It was the second fatal strike in the vicinity of a U.N. school. The Israeli Army accused Gaza's Hamas rulers of "cynically" using civilians as human shields.

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Oakland, Calif. law enforcement officials urged patience while they investigated details surrounding the New Year's Day shooting of a 22-year-old man by a transit agency police officer outside of a Bay Area Rapid Transit station.

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Is it possible Barack Obama's cabinet selection process involves channel surfing?

5 hours ago | 103 comments

Senate appointee Roland Burris was turned away by the secretary of the Senate over a technicality, but vows to look at other options.

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Actor John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston arrived in Florida today with the cremated remains of their 15-year-old son Jett who died in their family vacation home in the Bahamas.

Jan 6, 2009 | 7 comments

President-elect Barack Obama says he will bar pork-barrel projects from the massive economic stimulus bill he wants Congress to pass.

4 hours ago | 9 comments

Fugitive director Roman Polanski receives a message from prosecutors in a sexually explicit court motion that all is not forgiven.

Jan 6, 2009 | 26 comments

First Lady's book will probably be as polite and unrevealing as its author...

Jan 6, 2009 | 5 comments

Actor Rip Torn, one of the stars of Tina Fey’s hit show “30 Rock,” was busted for driving under the influence in Connecticut but says he's not guilty.

Jan 6, 2009

Wall Street has dismissed more bad economic news and finished with a moderate advance that left stocks at their highest levels in two months.

Jan 6, 2009 | 10 comments

Despite the economic hard times, money keeps coming in for President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural festivities.

Jan 6, 2009 | 7 comments

Is the wacky Franken-Coleman Senate recount over yet?

Jan 6, 2009

Iowa's new smoking ban already has some bars finding creative ways to get around the law.

Jan 6, 2009 | 23 comments

A 2010 showdown between Rep. Peter King and Hillary Clinton's Senate successor took another step toward reality...

Jan 6, 2009 | 3 comments

Moments after his big win, an elderly casino player is violently attacked and robbed of his money in a parking garage on the way to his car in Atlantic City.

Jan 6, 2009 | 3 comments

As the GOP debates who will lead it over the next two years, is it prepared to have a deeper philosophical debate?

Jan 6, 2009 | 5 comments

Obama's studied silence on Israel's war against Hamas militants is only partly out of deference to the man who still has the big job for two more weeks...

Jan 6, 2009 | 3 comments

The home of a giant land crab, a sunken island ringed by pink-colored coral, and equatorial waters teeming with sharks are being designated national marine monuments...

Jan 6, 2009

Step back from the ledge, Mac-o-philes. The last Macworld has arrived. And Jobs is not delivering his keynote address. What is the future of Apple?

Jan 5, 2009 | 6 comments

Harry Reid's counseling of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich makes the Democrats look like they're reverting to their pre-'60s role as the party of segregation.