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A rare gathering: Bush, Obama and 3 ex-presidents (AP)

57 min 42 sec ago

AP - An entire generation has gone by since the nation last saw this tableau of American history: every living U.S. president together at the White House.


Senate leaders move toward seating Burris (AP)

1 hour 1 min ago

AP - In an abrupt reversal, Senate Democratic leaders are sitting down with Roland Burris in the Capitol amid new indications that he's likely to be seated as the new senator from Illinois.


Pelosi: Pass stimulus by mid-February (AP)

1 hour 12 min ago

AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed top congressional Democrats on Wednesday to pass a massive economic recovery bill by mid-February, a call tempered by new projections of unprecedented deficits ahead.


CBO projects $1.2T deficit for 2009 (AP)

1 hour 19 min ago

AP - The federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to grim new Congressional Budget Office figures.


Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone (AP)

1 hour 43 min ago

AP - "We have three foreigners, including women," the gunman said into the phone.


Mississippi has highest teen birth rate, CDC says (AP)

2 hours 2 min ago

AP - Mississippi now has the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate, displacing Texas and New Mexico for that lamentable title, according to a new federal report released Wednesday.


Israel conditionally welcomes cease-fire proposal (AP)

2 hours 5 min ago

AP - Israel ordered a three-hour pause in its Gaza offensive Wednesday to allow food and fuel to reach besieged Palestinians, and said it welcomed a cease-fire proposal as long as Hamas halts rockets and weapons smuggling.


Boy's 1999 disappearance raises questions, regrets (AP)

3 hours 46 min ago

AP - No one claims to know what happened that summer in 1999 when 11-year-old Adam Herrman disappeared from the mobile home park where he lived with his adoptive parents.


Ground war in Gaza drives up civilian casualties (AP)

4 hours 12 min ago
AP - The rising civilian death toll in Israel's campaign in Gaza highlights the pitfalls of Israel's powerful army using lethal force against often invisible Hamas guerrillas taking cover among civilians.

U.S. says troops kill 32 insurgents in Afghanistan (Reuters)

5 hours 3 min ago

Reuters - U.S.-led coalition forces killed 32 insurgents in fighting that erupted in a village in eastern Afghanistan following a raid on a hideout of bomb makers, the U.S. military said Wednesday.


After sales, will shoppers pay full price again? (AP)

5 hours 9 min ago

AP - Shoppers are getting used to those 75 percent off sale signs, and that's bad news for merchants who worry they will also have to quickly slash prices on spring goods to attract customers.


Neb. man sues ex-wife for putting recorder in toy (AP)

5 hours 44 min ago
AP - 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.

Boy's taped confession won't be used in Arizona (AP)

6 hours 20 min ago

AP - In a dramatic police interview that gripped viewers nationwide, a 9-year-old boy sitting in an overstuffed chair told investigators that he shot his father and another man, then buried his head in his jacket and said, "I'm going to go to juvie."


Federal judge indicted on additional sex charges (AP)

7 hours 8 min ago
AP - U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent, the first federal jurist indicted on sex crimes, is now facing more serious charges.

2 men, teen charged in gang rape of Calif. lesbian (AP)

7 hours 45 min ago

AP - Two men and a teenager were charged Tuesday in the alleged gang rape of a lesbian in the San Francisco Bay area.


Europe bucks world stock rally (Reuters)

7 hours 51 min ago

Reuters - World stocks worked on their 10th consecutive session of gains on Wednesday, but European shares were breaking their winning streak and the dollar's recent drive upwards faltered.


HBO lands rights to inaugural ceremony (Reuters)

8 hours 50 min ago

Reuters - HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, January 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony, two days before the saturation coverage of President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration begins in earnest.


Experts: Crosswinds a factor in Denver air crash (AP)

8 hours 57 min ago

AP - It was very windy when a Continental Airlines jet was destroyed while trying to take off in Denver last month, leading aviation safety experts to cite crosswinds as a likely factor in the accident.


Deepening Israeli assault on Hamas divides Arab world (The Christian Science Monitor)

9 hours 15 min ago

The Christian Science Monitor - Israel pressed deeper into Gaza Tuesday in its assault on Hamas. As the battle grew deadlier, calls for a cease-fire mounted as did outrage at Israel after two strikes outside United Nations schools killed at least 34 Gaza civilians.


Ukraine: Russia stops sending gas to Europe (AP)

9 hours 33 min ago

AP - Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that Russia had cut off all gas supplies through pipelines crossing Ukrainian territory, the latest move in a devastating pricing dispute between the two neighbors that has already left a number of countries without gas.