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Police respond to shooting at Miami mall; 2 hurt
Authorities responding to a shooting at suburban Miami mall say one person has been shot and taken to a hospital.
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Obama announces Clinton, Gates for Cabinet
President-elect Barack Obama picked a national security team headed by former campaign rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bush administration holdover Robert Gates on Monday, and said he wants to consult with military commanders before settling on a firm timetable to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq.
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Obama cabinet pick gives Ariz a Republican gov
President-elect Barack Obama's announcement Monday that Gov. Janet Napolitano is his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security means a Republican will move into the governor's office.
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Ex-Mayoral aide pleads guilty in sex scandal
Ex-mayoral aide Christine Beatty pleaded guilty Monday in the text-messaging sex scandal with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick that gripped the city for nearly a year. She will spend four months in jail.
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1 of the victims in Mumbai attacks was Chicagoan
One of the victims of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, was a Chicago resident who worked for a company that provides radiation therapy for cancer patients.
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Parents: Slain anchorwoman was sexually assaulted
The parents of the television anchorwoman who was beaten to death said Monday there is evidence their daughter also was sexually assaulted, and that she broke her hand fighting her attacker.
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Feds arrest Birmingham mayor on bribery charges
The mayor of Alabama's largest city, Larry Langford, was arrested Monday on federal bribery and fraud charges connected to a multibillion-dollar sewer bond deal that has driven the surrounding county to the brink of bankruptcy.
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ND farmer defies government by draining wetlands
Armed with a tractor or a backhoe, Alvin Peterson moves dirt to drain prairie potholes on his land, saying he's putting the land back to the way God intended.
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Obama says he's willing to hear a variety of ideas
President-elect Barack Obama says that in choosing independent-minded people like Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert Gates for his administration, he wanted people who have strong opinions and are not shy about expressing them.
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Customers stew as kosher meat gets scarce
Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meat freezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and butcher shop where he works. Dressed in a yarmulke and tie and wearing a plastic apron over his white butcher jacket, he surveyed the piled boxes of chicken and beef.
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The week in photosA look at the top news, politics and sports stories of the week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Gallery: Black Friday shoppingA look at shoppers across the country on Black Friday.
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The week in entertainmentA look at the top entertainment stories this week through the lenses of Associated Press photographers.
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Apex vs. Wake Forest-Rolesville (November 28, 2008)Wake Forest-Rolesville beat Apex 35-7 in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-AA playoffs.
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Slideshow: Hillside vs. Southeast Raleigh (November 28, 2008)Hillside beat Southeast Raleigh 30-12 in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A playoffs.
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