11/21/2008
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Way paved to add Clinton to Cabinet, aides say
President-elect Obama is on track to nominate Sen. Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state after Thanksgiving, three aides on Obama's transition team told CNN Thursday. Obama met last week with Clinton to discuss the possibility of her serving in his Cabinet.Mukasey 'conscious, alert' after collapse
The Justice Department reports Attorney General Michael Mukasey is "conscious, conversant and alert" after he collapsed Thursday at a Federalist Society dinner at a Washington hotel. While Mukasey, 67, was talking, his speech began to slur and he slumped forward. Two people grabbed him and laid him on the ground behind the podium before he was rushed to a hospital.Obama's cell phone records breached
Records from a cell phone used by President-elect Obama were improperly breached, apparently by employees of the cell phone company, Verizon Wireless said Thursday.U.S. power will decline, council advises
A new government report paints an alarming picture of an unstable future for international relations defined by waning American influence, fragmenting political power and intensifying struggles for natural resources. The report was drafted by the National Intelligence Council to better inform U.S. policymakers -- starting with President-elect Barack Obama's administration.Campbell Brown: Big Three must show a plan
I just mentioned today's big development in Washington: Democrats are demanding the automakers tell them what they mean to do with the billions they're begging for.Teen charged with murder as hate crime
A grand jury has indicted a Long Island teenager on a charge of second-degree murder as a hate crime in the stabbing death of an Ecuadoran immigrant this month, according to the indictment, unsealed Thursday in Suffolk County District Court.First military execution since 1961 scheduled
A U.S. soldier convicted of rape and murder two decades ago will be executed December 10 in the nation's first military execution since 1961, the Army said Thursday. Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. Gray was convicted in both military and civilian courts of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg.Five ways to keep Alzheimer's away
Blanche Danick may be 86 years old, but she's pretty hip. She keeps up with all the latest health news, and a while back, she called her daughter wanting to know whether she should start taking the herb ginkgo biloba. She'd heard it might stave off Alzheimer's disease.
