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President-elect Obama reaches out to former rivals (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:31 AM CST AP - Presidents typically say they want to be surrounded by strong-willed people who have the courage to disagree with them. President-elect Barack Obama, reaching out to Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republicans, actually might mean it.

Obama election spurs race crimes around country (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:35 AM CST AP - Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.

World leaders at economic summit vow to cooperate (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 02:27 AM CST AP - World leaders battling a dire and deepening economic crisis vowed Saturday to cooperate more closely, keep a sharper eye out for red-flag problems and give bigger roles to fast-rising nations — but kicked many hard details down the road for their next summit after President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

Obama names veteran congressional aide to staff (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:59 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Capitol Hill aide as his top White House representative to Congress, the Democrat's transition team announced Saturday as he works to fill out the senior ranks of his team.

Exclusive: Gregory Craig to be White House counsel (Politico) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:06 PM CST Politico - Gregory B. Craig, a well-known Washington lawyer who quarterbacked President Bill Clinton’s impeachment defense, has been chosen White House counsel by President-elect Barack Obama, according to Democratic officials.

Obama urges Congress to move on economic plan (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 11:17 AM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to get moving next week on an economic rescue plan that would extend jobless benefits among other actions.

Absent Obama still a presence in the capital (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 04:10 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama is an invisible force as foreign leaders and Congress convene separately in Washington, the economy at center stage.

Obama tells Illinois goodbye, thank you (AP) Posted: 16 Nov 2008 01:18 AM CST AP - Barack Obama has written a thank-you and farewell letter to the people of Illinois as he prepares to become the next U.S. president.

Bush promises G20 leaders a 'seamless' transition to Obama (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 10:53 PM CST AFP - President George W. Bush said Saturday he vowed to leaders of the world's biggest economies that the United States would enjoy a "seamless" transition to the new team of president-elect Barack Obama.

Russia's Medvedev calls for talks with Obama (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 10:45 PM CST AP - The Dmitry Medvedev that made his first appearance in the U.S. capital as Russia's president was not the same man Russians usually see at home.

Obama backs global response to crisis: advisers (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:28 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama supports a coordinated response to the global financial crisis and is ready to work with Group of 20 countries on improving the financial system when he takes office.

Obama looms offstage at G20 summit (Politico) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 07:12 PM CST Politico - World leaders met  in D.C. with President Bush on Saturday and agreed to agree on how to handle the economic crisis, but took a rain check on working out just what they're agreeing to until a meeting in late April with President Obama.

Obama as role model for black youth? Not so fast (Reuters) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 06:11 PM CST Reuters - The election of the first black president in U.S. history should send a powerful signal to young black Americans: If Barack Obama made it, so can you.

Russia hopeful Obama will improve relations (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:55 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Russian President Dmitri Medvedev put the onus on President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday to fix what Medvedev called a "crisis of confidence" in U.S.-Russian relations, saying Moscow would wait to see how Obama proceeds with a U.S. missile defense system before deciding whether to retaliate.

Thousands across US protest California gay marriage ban (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 05:47 PM CST AFP - Tens of thousands of gay rights advocates took to the streets across the United States on Saturday to protest California's recent vote to ban same-sex marriage.

Right-leaning media brace for shutout (Politico) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 04:57 PM CST Politico - Since the Weekly Standard launched in 1995, there’s one scenario the conservative magazine hasn’t yet faced: Democrats in control of both the White House and Congress.

What course for McCain, now back in the Senate? (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2008 04:53 PM CST AP - His hopes for the presidency dashed yet again, John McCain returns to the Senate as the Republican iconoclast his GOP colleagues find hard to embrace and one his Democratic peers would love to win over.

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