AP – In this handout image provided by the Israeli Defence Forces' Spokesman's Office late Wednesday Jan. … GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border ...
7 Jan 2009
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday she intends to support President-elect Barack Obama's choice for CIA chief, Leon Panetta, despite earlier comments that she had reservations ...
7 Jan 2009
North Korea will hold what is billed as an election for the Supreme People's Assembly, the parliament, on March 8, the official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. The assembly rubberstamps personnel, budget and external policy decisions for ...
7 Jan 2009
President George W. Bush (c.) stands with President-elect Barack Obama (2nd from l.), and former presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter at a historic lunch. WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama convened the most exclusive ...
7 Jan 2009
JACKSON, Miss. -- A bill that would restore money cut last year from Mississippi's higher education systems could set the stage for the Legislature's first battle over dipping into the state's rainy day fund to cover agency shortfalls. Lawmakers said ...
7 Jan 2009
This morning, the Associated Press reported that Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's Senate seat by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, will be allowed to take the seat. In a late morning press conference, however, Senate Majority ...
7 Jan 2009
Police said a feud among neighbors escalated when a Memphis woman lobbed flaming bottles of gasoline onto a neighbor's house. The woman was being held on $5,000 bond on a charge of aggravated arson after her arrest Tuesday.
7 Jan 2009
President George W. Bush and his successor, Barack Obama, joined all the living U.S. presidents on Wednesday for a historic meeting at the White House two weeks before the country's next transfer of power.
7 Jan 2009
Rep. Tom Cole, who gave up his House Republican leadership post after the party lost seats in the November elections, has landed on the Appropriations Committee.
7 Jan 2009
Limits on executive pay for companies receiving aid under the Treasury Department's $700-billion financial bailout program will be tightened in a bill being prepared in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to two House aides familiar with the legislation.
7 Jan 2009
House Democrats plan to give President-elect Barack Obama an early victory on health care, specifically children's health care, next week.
7 Jan 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote on Friday on two bills to combat workplace sex discrimination, including legislation named after an Alabama woman who lost a pay equity case at the U.S. Supreme Court because she waited too long to file a lawsuit, a senior lawmaker said on Wednesday.
7 Jan 2009
The House passed twin measures today that are aimed at coaxing more public disclosure from the business of a president’s legacy. Groups raising money to build a presidential library would have to disclose any contributions of $200 or ...
7 Jan 2009
News24: South Africa: News: Cops stumble on weapons in house: Police have found illegal firearms, including hunting rifles and an assault rifle, and explosives in a house south of Johannesburg.
7 Jan 2009
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7 Jan 2009
If you caught the opening session of the 111th Congress yesterday, you saw the House work through its ritual biennial reconstitution, including the adoption of a new set of standing rules. Because every Member of the House is reelected ...
7 Jan 2009
Cambridge-based technology VC deals tracker Library House, which went into administration last month, has had its database of deals sold to Dow Jones. ...
7 Jan 2009
Keith Olbermann talks to Margaret Carlson about the snub of President-elect Obama by the Bush administration with their request to stay at Blair House when their children started school. According to Carlson, they asked former ...
7 Jan 2009