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Obama meeting Friday with economic advisers (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:49 AM CST

AP - President-elect Obama is seeking some economic advice from leaders of business, government and academia, making the struggling economy the nation's No. 1 concern his first order of public business.

No hidden white bias seen in presidential race (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

AP - Whether whites supported Barack Obama or not, they don't seem to have lied to pollsters about it.

Obama receives congratulations from world leaders (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 03:09 AM CST

AP - President-elect Obama accepted congratulations from nine presidents and prime ministers Thursday, returning calls from world leaders who reached out after his presidential victory.

Obama's pick for chief of staff known as 'Rahmbo' (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 05:12 PM CST

AP - A student of ballet, Rahm Emanuel has shown a flair for theatrics over his years as a Democratic operative. His fancy dancing has been anything but delicate, however.

Palinâs tricky path back (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 03:34 AM CST

Politico - WASILLA, Alaska – Though the long knives are out for her in the aftermath of the sweeping defeat suffered by the Republican presidential ticket, Sarah Palin has signaled she has no intention of fading quietly from the national scene back into Arctic anonymity.

Palin lays low as interview requests pile up (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:36 PM CST

AP - Gov. Sarah Palin hadn't been back home in Alaska for a full day and her staff had begun fielding requests Thursday for postelection interviews, including from Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and others.

Obama adds North Carolina to White House win (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 11:37 PM CST

AP - President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.

Voters' word may not be last in Minn. Senate race (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 12:08 AM CST

AP - One Senate candidate says the voters have spoken. The other says the electorate still needs to be heard.

Enthusiastic crowd welcomes Biden home to Delaware (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 06:07 PM CST

AP - Vice president-elect Joe Biden, riding in a horse-drawn, white carriage with his wife, Jill, received a hero's welcome Thursday on his first trip home since the election.

Merkley win in Ore. increases Dems' edge in Senate (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2008 04:34 PM CST

AP - Democrat Jeff Merkley has ousted Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, a victory once considered unlikely against an incumbent who had highlighted his efforts to work across the aisle in hopes of surviving a wave of anti-GOP sentiment.

Al Gore group urges Obama to create U.S. power grid (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 04:14 AM CST

Reuters - Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection has some environmental advice for the incoming Obama administration: focus on energy efficiency and renewable resources, and create a unified U.S. power grid.

Dems split over Treasury choice (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 03:41 AM CST

Politico - As Barack Obama faces mounting pressure to announce his economic team, Democrats are split over two of the leading candidates for Treasury secretary: New York Federal Reserve Chairman Timothy Geithner and former Clinton Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers.

Secretary of State post looms large (Politico)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 03:33 AM CST

Politico - In the last several presidential transitions, there was a clear choice for the position of Secretary of State. In 1992, former State Department official Warren Christopher was seen as Bill Clinton's leading candidate. Eight years later, in 2000, Colin Powell was an almost prohibitive favorite to get the nod from President-elect Bush.

2 'Oprah' debuts: 'Mr. Man' and will.i.am video (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:26 AM CST

AP - Becoming an instant election celebrity can be a burden just ask Joe the Plumber but "Mr. Man" is apparently ready to shoulder it.

Obama's former pastor says media exploited him (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:26 AM CST

AP - Barack Obama's former pastor complained Thursday that the media used him as a "weapon of mass destruction" in an attempt to derail Obama's campaign for the presidency.

With Obama victory, Europe's minorities sense new possibilities (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - The election of Barack Obama may have revolutionized the world's view of America. But for Africans and Arabs in Europe, he is much more – a liberator figure whose success and social mobility will help them one day crack open the closed doors of European politics.

Will Obama change course in the Middle East? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 02:00 AM CST

The Christian Science Monitor - President-elect Barack Obama represents a couple of significant firsts for the peoples of the Middle East: the first US president with Muslim parentage (father), the first US president to have spent years living abroad in a Muslim nation (Indonesia). In one editorial cartoon in an Israeli newspaper, two local men were depicted as smiling and saying, "finally, an Eastern president!"

Obama to brief press as transition of power picks up (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 01:00 AM CST

AFP - President-elect Barack Obama prepared to hold his first post-election news conference Friday as he lost little time in assembling an administration that is sailing into a sea of troubles.

Tokyo stages anti-terror exercise in Olympic bid (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2008 12:14 AM CST

Reuters - Tokyo staged its biggest ever anti-terrorism exercise on Friday, in an attempt to prove its credentials for staging the 2016 Olympic Games, days after Barack Obama's U.S. election victory boosted rival Chicago's hopes.