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Disgraced Illinois governor weighs legal options (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:16 AM CST AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich met with a renowned Chicago criminal lawyer Saturday as he weighed his legal options on how to fight a scandal that has left his career in tatters and disrupted President-elect Barack Obama's White House transition.

Obama faces heady challenges, and they're growing (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:26 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama, relatively young and inexperienced, is facing a rapidly growing list of monumental challenges as he prepares to take the reins of a nation in turmoil.

White House assessing options to aid carmakers (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 02:18 AM CST AP - The White House weighed its options Saturday for preventing a collapse of the troubled auto industry, once the backbone of the U.S. economy. So far, the only thing certain is that the Bush administration wants to avoid the possibility of a disorderly bankruptcy of any of the Big Three.

HUD nominee pioneered innovative affordable homes (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:56 PM CST AP - Shaun Donovan, the New York official Barack Obama chose to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has hands-on experience with an issue important to the president-elect: affordable housing.

Bunning strikes out over auto bailout vote (Politico) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 06:00 PM CST Politico - Senator and Hall of Fame baseball pitcher Jim Bunning, who spent the first seven years of his baseball career in Detroit (five of them as an all star), was disinvited to a scheduled stint signing autographs in Michigan this weekend after the Kentucky Republican voted against a bailout for the auto industry, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Obama: HUD pick central part of economic blueprint (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:29 PM CST AP - In naming his choice for housing secretary, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday rounded out his economic team and gave new prominence to the mortgage crisis that has dragged the country into a recession.

Would new AG Holder exit Chicago corruption probe? (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:48 AM CST AP - If confirmed as attorney general, Eric Holder may have to consider removing himself from overseeing the Chicago corruption probe that ensnared Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, legal experts say.

Obama's true colors: Black, white ... or neither? (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:27 PM CST AP - A perplexing new chapter is unfolding in Barack Obama's racial saga: Many people insist that "the first black president" is actually not black.

Lt. Gov., Atty. Gen. may be looking ahead to 2010 (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 11:26 PM CST AP - In many ways, Lt. Gov. Patrick Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan couldn't be more different: He has carefully promoted his image as an outsider and reformer; she comes from a powerful political family.

Obama merchandise selling big in DC, elsewhere (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 07:48 AM CST AP - At the gift shops in Union Station, shelves once stocked with ubiquitous FBI T-shirts and mugs now display all things Barack Obama — apparel, action figures and a jack-in-the-box with the president-elect popping out with a big smile.

Rolling paper giant sues over NYC firm's T-shirts (AP) Posted: 14 Dec 2008 12:45 AM CST AP - A prominent cigarette paper maker with drug-culture cachet is accusing a T-shirt company of stealing its distinctive style for a design celebrating President-elect Barack Obama's victory.

GOP Blago hit: A Dem a day (Politico) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 09:49 PM CST Politico - The Illinois Republican Party launched a new Web site that it says will link 12 different state Democrats to scandal-ridden Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Obama picks N.Y. official to run housing dept (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 06:07 PM CST Reuters - Barack Obama on Saturday named New York's top housing official to run the federal housing department -- a Cabinet agency the president-elect said is increasingly important due to America's economic problems.

RNC highlights Obama-Blagojevich relationship (Politico) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:25 PM CST Politico - The Republican National Committee is launching a Web video tomorrow raising questions about past ties between Obama and Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.).

Obama aide spoke to Ill. gov's office on Senate seat (Reuters) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:13 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama's choice for White House chief of staff spoke to Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's office about who the governor should appoint to replace Obama in the U.S. Senate, the Chicago Tribune reported on Saturday.

Reporters get personal with Obama (Politico) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 05:02 PM CST Politico - Barack Obama unwittingly caused a kerfuffle the other day when a reporter spotted him working out with a Microsoft Zune — rather than his trusty iPod.

Carrion to head urban office [Updated] (Politico) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:06 PM CST Politico - A source familiar with the choice confirms that Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion will head the new White House office of Urban Policy.

Obama taps NYC's Donovan as housing secretary (AFP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 04:04 PM CST AFP - US president-elect Barack Obama on Saturday tapped Shaun Donovan for secretary of housing and urban development, taking another step in the formation of his future cabinet.

AP Newsbreak: War vet widows wrongly denied help (AP) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 03:12 PM CST AP - Widows of war veterans have been wrongfully denied up to millions of dollars in government benefits over the past 12 years due to computer glitches that often resulted in money being seized from the elderly survivors' bank accounts.

Obama Names NYC Housing Commissioner as HUD Chief (CQPolitics.com) Posted: 13 Dec 2008 01:38 PM CST CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday announced his choice of New York City housing commissioner Shaun Donovan to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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