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Cabinet choices touch off scramble in states (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:16 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet choices have sent a ripple through state politics, fostering behind-the-scenes jockeying to fill key vacancies in the shadow of the Chicago scandal over filling Obama's Senate seat.

Obama stays close to home, military on holiday (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:22 PM CST AP - President-elect Barack Obama made clear to his aides that he wanted to spend the Christmas holiday in Hawaii, as he had done in years past: There is no more campaign, this will be a true family vacation.

Coal for Christmas: Brooklyn man's pardon revoked (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:31 AM CST AP - The pardons President George W. Bush granted this week couldn't have been better Christmas gifts if Santa himself had delivered them.

Prosecutors to court: Get on with Jefferson trial (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 02:46 PM CST AP - Federal prosecutors are urging an appeals court to get on with Rep. William Jefferson's corruption trial, saying his appeal to the Supreme Court does not have enough chance of success to justify further delays.

Homeland Security forecasts 5-year terror threats (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:35 PM CST AP - The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.

Canadians pull together under a blanket of snow (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - After a contentious fall election, Canada's age-old divisions seemed even more obvious: western provinces resenting the east, those in the Maritimes feeling orphaned, and many from Quebec longing to break away entirely from the national tethers.

Biden says deal near on stimulus plan (Reuters) Posted: 26 Dec 2008 12:42 AM CST Reuters - The incoming Obama administration is nearing agreement with congressional Democrats on a huge emergency spending bill intended to jolt the weak U.S. economy and create 3 million jobs over two years, Vice President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday.

Obama visits Marines in Hawaii for Christmas dinner (AFP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 11:45 PM CST AFP - President-elect Barack Obama, on vacation in Hawaii, made a Christmas Day stop at a Marine Corps base in Hawaii, where he greeted troops and their family members during holiday dinner.

Gov's lawyer asks panel to subpoena Obama staff (AP) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 05:05 PM CST AP - In a move intended to force public testimony from President-elect Barack Obama's inner circle, a lawyer for Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked the legislative panel considering impeachment of the governor to subpoena more than a dozen witnesses, including Obama's incoming chief of staff.

Top 10 people we'll miss in 2009 (Politico) Posted: 25 Dec 2008 04:58 PM CST Politico - With control of the White House turning over in January and the impossibly long election of 2008 slipping into memory, there's a collection of political personalities we'll be hearing less from in the coming year — and whose frequent presence in the news cycle will be sorely missed.

Minnesota Court Denies Coleman’s Request on Ballots (Bloomberg) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 05:46 PM CST Bloomberg - Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in his U.S. Senate recount battle with Democrat Al Franken, refusing to order election officials to throw out more than 100 ballots Coleman’s campaign says may have been double-counted.

Obama Should Be Ready to Stand Against Advisers, Author Says (Bloomberg) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 04:03 PM CST Bloomberg - Dec. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama must be prepared to disregard senior foreign-policy advisers and ignore the “noise and distraction” of politics in making strategic decisions, the author of a new book on how Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson handled Vietnam said.

Obama Honors Military, Asks Americans to Help Economy (Bloomberg) Posted: 24 Dec 2008 03:37 PM CST Bloomberg - Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama, wishing the nation a happy, yet sober New Year, honored the service of the U.S. military and asked Americans to help pull the country out of recession.

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