nation and world Obama's CIA pick met with wariness President-elect taps D.C. insider Leon Panetta to direct the agency. 01/06/2009 02:04 AM MST President-elect Barack Obama stunned the national intelligence community by selecting Clinton White House chief of staff Leon E. Panetta, a longtime Washington insider with little intelligence experience, to serve as the next head of the CIA.
Israel presses offensive as Gaza toll mounts 01/06/2009 02:03 AM MST - Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire Monday and said it won't stop its crippling 10-day assault until "peace and tranquility" are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire.
U.S. launches Iraq embassy 01/05/2009 11:39 PM MST - The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever Monday, a fortresslike compound in the heart of the Green Zone — and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Iraq.
Stimulus plan takes shape 01/06/2009 02:06 AM MST - President-elect Barack Obama and congressional leaders agreed Monday on broad aspects of what's sure to be the largest short-term economic-stimulus plan the nation has ever seen and promised to pass legislation quickly.
Doc gets MySpace message across 01/05/2009 11:39 PM MST - Many young adults cleaned up their MySpace profiles, deleting mentions of sex and booze and boosting privacy settings, if they got a single cautionary e-mail from a busybody named "Dr. Meg."
