| Illinois lawmakers to focus on ousting governor (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 03:32 AM CST  AP - Republicans and Democrats alike are calling for Illinois lawmakers to begin impeachment proceedings against Gov. Rod Blagojevich, saying the step is necessary to restore public confidence in state government.
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| Progress to restore power to Northeast slow (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:06 AM CST  AP - A church-turned-shelter dished up donated lobster casserole, pot roast and barbecued chicken, while a general store five miles away threw out spoiled meat and melted ice cream as utility crews struggled to repair power lines snapped by New England's devastating ice storm.
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| Suspect arrested in Oregon bank bombing (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:51 AM CST  AP - Many questions remain in a bombing that killed two officers and critically injured a police chief at an Oregon bank. But authorities think they have solved the most important one.
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| Palin's burned-out church holds services elsewhere (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 08:54 PM CST  AP - Members of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's church gathered in high spirits at a middle school Sunday, two days after their building was badly damaged by a fire authorities are investigating as arson.
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| On breaks, Obama will return home to city streets (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 04:55 PM CST  AP - When President-elect Barack Obama heads home for a break from the White House, he won't go to a sprawling ranch or private seaside compound.
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| Obama left with little time to curb global warming (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 05:49 PM CST  AP - When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, global warming was a slow-moving environmental problem that was easy to ignore. Now it is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.
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| Family of fatally beaten NY immigrant urges action (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 04:16 PM CST  AP - The brother of an Ecuadorean immigrant beaten to death in an apparent hate crime asked his neighbors Sunday for help finding the killers, saying he and his family were heartbroken.
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| Ride to honor American Indians killed in 1890 (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 04:07 AM CST  AP - Kim Cameron is about to set off on a nearly 300-mile journey into the past.
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| Palin and Fey top list of year's memorable quotes (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 09:38 PM CST  AP - Sarah Palin lost the election, but she's a winner to a connoisseur of quotations.
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| Few real mysteries found in Minn. Senate ballots (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 10:00 PM CST  AP - Jesus, Bob Dylan and Mickey Mouse will play a part in determining Minnesota's next senator. So will voters who scrawled the same name for every local race. And so will people who marked their choice not just with a darkened oval but with an X, too maybe for emphasis, or maybe for a do-over.
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| Ill. governor: Eager for battle, rarely victorious (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 04:41 PM CST  AP - Anyone who wants a peek inside Gov. Rod Blagojevich's head should look back to last year, when the Illinois House voted on his plan for the biggest tax increase in state history.
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| Bush's Iraq-Afghan farewell tour marred by dissent (AP) Posted: 15 Dec 2008 02:54 AM CST  AP - President George W. Bush wrapped up a whirlwind trip to two war zones Monday that in many ways was a victory lap without a clear victory. A signature event occurred when an Iraqi reporter hurled two shoes at Bush, declaring: "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq."
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| Travel discouraged in snowy and windy Dakotas (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 03:30 PM CST AP - Blizzard conditions made travel hazardous Sunday across the northern Plains as officials closed major highways and urged people to stay home. |
| Closing arguments to begin in Fort Dix plot trial (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:34 PM CST  AP - They watched jihadist videos, listed to incendiary Islamist speeches, bought guns and practiced using them, and got a map of the Army's Fort Dix.
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| 'Day the Earth Stood Still' launches to $31M debut (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:16 PM CST  AP - Audiences sat still for Keanu Reeves' sci-fi remake "The Day the Earth Stood Still," making it the weekend's top movie with a $31 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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| 'Pulp Fiction' screenwriter pleads over car death (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:44 PM CST AP - An Oscar-winning screenwriter of "Pulp Fiction" has pleaded not guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol in a fatal January crash. |
| Victims lash out at Hollywood private investigator (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:36 PM CST AP - Victims of former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano say they have never been able to free themselves from the emotional and financial fallout caused by crimes he committed while wiretapping the rich and famous. |
| Historic Chinese junk loses home, may be destroyed (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:39 PM CST  AP - Half a century ago, six men with no sailing experience climbed aboard an aging Chinese junk in Taiwan and survived a typhoon that nearly wrecked the little ship. But after sailing nearly 7,000 miles across the Pacific, they were greeted by cheering crowds as they sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge.
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| Nichols sentence may lead to death penalty changes (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 09:50 AM CST  AP - A jury's inability to condemn courthouse gunman Brian Nichols to death has re-energized efforts by Georgia lawmakers to allow a judge to consider capital punishment even if there's no unanimous verdict, as a growing chorus of officials says it's time to give the policy another look.
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