Obama to name Geithner, Summers to economic posts (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:10:37 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama will announce the leaders of his economic team Monday, naming Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary and Lawrence Summers to direct the National Economic Council, transition officials said.

Bush wrapping up final global summit (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:06:47 GMT
AP - President George W. Bush, wrapping up his final summit with world leaders, offered a message of hope that despite the worst economic crisis in decades, the global economy will emerge in better shape.

Shots in Wash. mall after argument prove fatal (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:17:09 GMT
AP - Shots erupted in a packed Seattle-area shopping mall Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and two other young men, killing one of the men, creating panic among shoppers and sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said.

Karzai: Obama promises to fight terror in 'region' (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:14:32 GMT
AP - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama pledged in a telephone conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and the region — an apparent reference to Pakistan — would be a top priority during his administration, Karzai's office said Sunday.

Guinea-Bissau president's home attacked by gunmen (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:01:46 GMT
AP - Armed men have attacked the residence of Guinea-Bissau's president and engaged in a three-hour gunbattle with security forces.

Astronauts try to work out kinks in urine machine (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:16:14 GMT
AP - Astronauts hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow the international space station to grow to six crew members.

Historic Plymouth OKs building $488M movie studio (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:17:47 GMT
AP - In this place sometimes known as America's hometown, schoolchildren and tourists flock to see Plymouth Rock, a replica of the Mayflower and the place where the Pilgrims and Mashpee Wampanoags Indians shared the first Thanksgiving meal.

Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:18:28 GMT
AP - The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.

Nude pics in phone lost at McDonald's get online (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:18:57 GMT
AP - Here's some food for thought: If you have nude photos of your wife on your cell phone, hang onto it.

Surging Sooners rout No. 2 Tech 65-21 (AP)
Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:14:04 GMT
AP - Sam Bradford jumped around as he took a victory lap at Owen Field, handing out high-fives along the way to a line of adoring fans who had yet another reason to love him. Bradford has the Oklahoma Sooners surging in the national championship race, raising his own Heisman stock as he goes. And, oh, what a mighty fall it was for Texas Tech.