Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:04:51 GMT
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized but conscious and alert early Friday after collapsing during a late-night speech to a conservative legal group.

Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:24:52 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.

Congress sends jobless benefit extension to Bush (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:46 GMT
AP - With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush is about to ensure that millions of laid-off workers won't see their unemployment checks disappear as the year-end holidays approach.

European, Asian markets rebound despite US losses (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:56:03 GMT
AP - European and Asian stock markets rebounded Friday as expectations of a recovery on Wall Street prompted investors to scoop up battered financial and energy shares.

Neb. lawmakers form task force on child drop-offs (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:40:22 GMT
AP - Lawmakers are poised to close a loophole that led to troubled teens being abandoned at Nebraska hospitals, but they aren't stopping there. Instead, they're vowing to make sure families can get help in a crisis.

US details role for additional Afghan forces (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:55:58 GMT
AP - With the United States reevaluating strategy in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is telling allies that additional U.S. forces planned for the war must be shared across the region taking the brunt of the fighting.

Report says CIA withheld info from White House (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:52:41 GMT
AP - The CIA withheld information from the White House, Justice Department and Congress about the 2001 shooting down of a plane over Peru carrying an American missionary family, part of a yearslong cover-up of lethal violations in U.S. drug-interdiction procedures, according to a classified internal CIA report.

Madonna, Ritchie granted preliminary divorce (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:52 GMT
AP - Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday.

Man says cell phone saved him from stray bullet (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:49:58 GMT
AP - R.J. Richard says he doesn't normally put his cell phone in his chest pocket. But he says it saved his life the one time he did.

Steelers defense controls Bengals in 27-10 win (AP)
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:10:08 GMT
AP - Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers know exactly how to beat the Cincinnati Bengals — with or without Chad Ocho Cinco.