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Illinois' No. 2 sees need to 'fumigate' politics

Rod Blagojevich's arrest last month for allegedly trying to sell President-elect Barack Obama's US Senate seat should be the state's No. ...

Defiant Burris Heads to Washington to Claim Senate Seat

Roland W. Burris talked to reporters at news conference at Midway Airport in Chicago on Monday before leaving for Washington. By KAREN ANN CULLOTTA and ...

Pakistan Whips Up War Hysteria, Harbors Militants, Singh Says

6 (Bloomberg) -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Pakistan is fueling war hysteria while harboring the militants who carried out the Mumbai terror ...

Wag the Blog: Obama's First 100 Days

There's little question that President-elect Barack Obama studied the haphazard transition of the last Democratic president -- Bill Clinton -- in order to ...

Obama's election is changing the politics of race

By Peter Wallsten Reporting from Washington -- With Senate leaders threatening to block Roland Burris from being sworn in today as Barack Obama's ...

Sri Lanka seizes key rebel defense line in north

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan forces overran the Tamil Tigers' northernmost defense line Tuesday, forcing the beleaguered rebels to retreat from one ...

Al Franken's a senator now - but is he a bigger joke than Burris?

Al Franken will be standing - in a puddle of some controversy - along with appointed Illinois would-be Senator Roland Burris at the gates of that exclusive ...

Laura Bush gets contract for memoir

Neither the White House nor Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, offered details of the agreement. Senator Hillary Clinton received $8 million for her ...

Gunmen raid Sri Lanka TV station

Gunmen armed with grenades have ransacked offices of the largest private TV broadcaster in Sri Lanka. The attack near Colombo followed some criticism in ...

2 Obama intel nominees signal new direction

Former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, an eight-term congressional veteran and administrative expert, is being tapped to head the CIA. ...