Barack Obama, who are you wearing?

While the world waits for Michelle Obama to choose her Inauguration threads, President-elect Barack Obama has already made his decision - a locally-made Hart Schaffner Marx tuxedo, his first new tux in 15 years.

Indicted La. congressman eyes re-election

Embattled U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, the nine-term Democratic incumbent whose career has teetered since his indictment on corruption charges, faced an aggressive Republican push to oust him in Saturday's election.

Americans rush plans for Obama inauguration

Pattie Brew, 97, and a daughter of a North Carolina sharecropper, has never voted or joined the inaugural crowds only three miles from her home in the nation's capital.� No more.

Sick teen kicks 3 extra points in first, only game

Darin "Doogie'' Weiks is a high school football celebrity in central Wisconsin - thanks to playing one game that was his first and also his last.

Palin bills state for nights at home, kids' travel

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover expenses while traveling on state business.

Palin speech is latest in GOP fight with media

Analysis: Day Three of the Republican convention was the latest chapter in what is an old, old story: the Republicans' conflict with the news media, a clash the GOP seems to revel in.

Lieberman calls for voters to cross party lines

Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, the Democrats' vice presidential nominee in 2000, urged Democrats to cross party lines Tuesday night and cast their votes for John McCain.

Obama's trip: sign of new era in diplomacy?

The Democratic presidential hopeful's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks the Democrat's first high-profile step onto the international stage and is planned to put him into settings often occupied by presidents.

Texas gives green light to lots more wind power

Texas officials gave preliminary approval Thursday to the nation's largest wind-power project, a plan to build $5 billion worth of new transmission lines.

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