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President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades.
Full Story updated 1/7/2009 7:31 AM
Senate Democrats are looking for ways to defuse the standoff that has denied Roland Burris the vacated Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama of Illinois, but maybe not much longer.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 7:10 AM
Israel ordered a pause in its Gaza offensive for three hours Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and the country's leaders debated whether to accept an international cease-fire plan or expand the assault against Hamas.
Full Story updated 1/7/2009 6:58 AM
Japanese Emperor Akihito commemorated the 20th anniversary of his reign on Wednesday, but with no notable plans other than a trip to his father's grave.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Thousands of Cambodians celebrated Wednesday the fall of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime 30 years ago as a UN-backed tribunal prepared to finally try some of its key leaders for crimes against humanity.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
An Omaha man has filed a lawsuit accusing his ex-wife and former father-in-law of hiding a recording device inside his daughter's teddy bear in order to spy on him.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 7:19 AM
A 20-year-old man who helped kill a lovesick girl's family because the two were forbidden to date has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
A federal judge who was indicted last year for allegedly making unwanted sexual advances toward his court case manager was accused Tuesday of fondling another former court employee.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area. Humberto Hernandez Salvador, 31, and Josue Gonzalez, 21, were charged with kidnapping, carjacking and gang rape in the attack last month in Richmond.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Electronic unemployment filing systems have crashed in at least three states in recent days amid an unprecedented crush of thousands of newly jobless Americans seeking benefits, and other states were adjusting their systems to avoid being next.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Gunmen have opened fire and tossed a grenade at a Mexican television station as it aired its nightly newscast, leaving behind a message warning the station about its coverage of drug gangs.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie with more than 200 other spectacular places in the next phase of the global competition for the New 7 Wonders of Nature, organizers said Wednesday.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Pakistan's president is calling for foreign allies to provide more support -- not more troops -- to help win the battle against extremist militias along its volatile border with Afghanistan.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
Chinese speed skater Song Xingyu has been banned from the sport for one year after making an obscene gesture toward fans from a rival province.
Full Story published 1/7/2009 12:00 AM
A 6-year-old Virginia boy who missed his bus tried to drive to school in his family's sedan -- and crashed.
His parents were charged with child endangerment.
Full Story published 1/6/2009 3:09 PM
1/6/2009
- » Burris arrives at Capitol, refused seat
- » Israeli strike outside UN school kills 30+
- » Richardson backed down over probe
- » Obama's intel picks short on experience
- » Le Cam alive on capsized sailboat
- » Franken on top in Minnesota recount
- » India: Pakistanis 'must have' backed attack
- » Anthrax suspect's wife anguish revealed
- » Kirk urges new Afghanistan surge
- » Prop. 8 backers blast Attorney General
- » Economic crisis faces new Congress
- » 320 bras stolen from Ind. store
- » Hearing sought in missing pants case
- » Social Security taking online applications
- » Judge tosses suit challenging tobacco settlement
- » Kennedy wants cigarette risks regulated
- » Obama works on stimulus plan
- » Alaska trooper: Politics slowed drug arrest
- » Court: Detainee IDs can be secret
- » 5 killed in Texas homeless shelter fire
- » Wife charged for setting husband on fire
1/5/2009
- » Diplomats push for peace in Israel
- » Franken on top in Minn. recount
- » U.S. inaugurates new embassy in Iraq
- » Helicopter crash kills 8, injures 1 in La.
- » Obama girls start classes at private school
- » Obama bids Chicago farewell
- » Fate of historic sub a cold case file
- » Hawaiian shirt pioneer Shaheen dies
- » Report: Obama taps Panetta to head CIA
- » Bush family's 18-year-old cat dies
- » N.Y. contractor indicted in crane collapse
- » Richardson withdrawal leaves Cabinet gap
- » India gives Pakistan evidence over attacks
1/4/2009
- » Israeli ground troops invade Gaza
- » Analysis: Bush's personality shapes his legacy
- » Minn. recount nearly done
- » Marines still seek a better flak vest
- » US blames Hamas for growing violence
- » Denver schools chief to fill Senate seat
- » Richardson withdraws Cabinet bid
- » Seattle police lill armed history buff
- » Sri Lanka presses on with fight
- » 'Shadow' illustrator Cartier dies at 94
- » Powerful quakes rock eastern Indonesia
- » Two states, one tumultuous year
- » Homicides down in some large US cities
- » Monkey meat needs permit
- » Girl, 17, gets 2 life terms in family deaths
1/3/2009
- » Israeli ground forces enter Gaza
- » Muslims around world protest Gaza assault
- » Coast Guard stops search for ship worker
- » Police fatally shoot armed history buff
- » Calif. residents getting Ala. calls
- » City wants cash back from attack survivor
- » Tex. jail closes, inmates moved amid probe
- » Cash-poor states eager for Obama plan
- » Shootouts wound 8 cops in Mexico
- » 911 caller reports drunken driver: herself
- » U.N. chief wants monitors for Gaza
1/2/2009
- » Obama returns home after vacation
- » Israel allows Palestinians to flee Gaza
- » Picasso, Matisse prints stolen from gallery
- » Shoes dumped on Miami expressway
- » Obama to meet with lawmakers
- » Aspen tries to recreate New Year after bomb scare
- » Creator of Pell Grants dead at 90
- » Mummers strut in Philly despite cold
- » Cuba celebrates revolution's 50th
- » Israel kills Hamas leader
- » Senate GOP vows to block Franken
- » Muslims removed from flight get apology
- » Rice vows hard work on Gaza cease-fire
- » New laws call for fire-safe cigarettes
- » Crew fight off pirates with water jets
- » Suicides in national parks increase in '08
- » 4 arrested in Calif. gang rape of lesbian
- » 2 Canadian tourists shot in Mexican bar
- » Avalanches kill 2 at Canada ski resort
1/1/2009
- » Police: Man left 4 bombs, then kill self
- » Sunshine, big crowds greet Rose Parade
- » Economy puts damper on NYE celebrations
- » Dozens die in nightclub fire in Bangkok
- » Clintons, revelers ring in 2009 in N.Y.C.
- » Runaway rig on Calif. highway injures 11
- » Police find woman's body, 60 birds
- » Restaurant marks '09 with nugget drop
- » 'Make My Day' law eyed in home shooting
- » Baby born during trans-Atlantic flight
- » Israel sends more troops to Gaza border
- » N. Korea vows to strengthen its military
- » Mexico extradites 10 drug suspects to U.S.
12/31/2008
- » Israel rejects truce call, attacks Gaza
- » Obamas to move into Washington hotel
- » Kennedy's 'you knows' political fodder
- » 'Baby Bear' dies at age 28 at Savannah attraction
- » Friend says gunman distant after marriage
- » Lawyer: Teen shot himself out of despair
- » Hundreds protest strikes on Gaza
- » U.S. deaths down in Iraq in 2008
- » Obama pledges schools upgrade
- » Smoking ban leads to drop in heart attacks
- » White House: Cease-fire depends on Hamas
- » Obama team seeks input on health care
- » Official: Pakistani confesses in Mumbai plot
- » Safe rides donor arrested on DUI charges
- » Woman falls from 16th floor of hotel
- » Children's book based on Holocaust story is pulled
- » Marine legend Lt. Gen. Victor Krulak dies
- » 1 person dead in shooting at Dallas store
- » Worker chases robber, ends up in jail
- » Report details final minutes of Columbia
- » Coalition kills 11 militants in Afghanistan
- » Jet diverted by agitated passenger
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