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Obama: 'Dramatic action' needed now to fix economy (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:15 AM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama made a pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan at a Midwestern factory that manufactures wind turbine parts, saying Friday his proposal would make smart investments in the country's future and create solid jobs in up-and-coming industries.

Stimulus plan repeals big tax break for banks (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:14 AM CST

AP - House Democrats' version of the $825 billion recession rescue package would end billions of dollars in tax breaks the Bush administration quietly gave to banks last fall.

Sources: Obama ready to end harsh interrogations (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:04 AM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to prohibit the use of waterboarding and harsh interrogation techniques by ordering the CIA to follow military rules for questioning prisoners, according to two U.S. officials familiar with drafts of the plans. Still under debate is whether to include a loophole that would allow exceptions in extraordinary cases.

Obama praises US Airways pilot during phone call (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:09 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama is joining those heaping praise on the pilot of US Airways Flight 1549, the craft that landed in New York City's Hudson River yet didn't lose a single passenger.

Inauguration security center to go live Saturday (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:51 PM CST

AP - Five 8-foot-square monitors and four flat-panel televisions hang on beige walls in the windowless room. A few flicker with images from news programs and street maps of downtown Washington.

Obama honors Hickman, Tuskegee Airman (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:42 PM CST

AP - Barack Obama has said he's standing on the shoulders of George Hickman and his trailblazing colleagues.

Source: Obama to name Sunstein his regulatory czar (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:40 PM CST

AP - President-elect Barack Obama has tapped legal scholar Cass Sunstein as his administration's regulatory czar, a Democratic source said Friday.

Poll finds high hopes for Obama, economic plans (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 03:54 PM CST

AP - Americans believe Barack Obama is on track to succeed and are optimistic he can help revive the struggling economy, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll.

Senate swears in Biden replacement Kaufman (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 02:57 PM CST

AP - Ted Kaufman, a Delaware Democrat who for decades has been a political adviser to Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., was sworn in Friday to fill the Senate seat Biden relinquished to become vice president.

NKorea says may retain nukes even if US relations normalised (AFP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:35 AM CST

AFP - North Korea has announced it may keep its nuclear weapons even after normalising relations with the United States, staking out a tough position three days before President-elect Barack Obama takes office.

3 men held in Mass. election night church fire (AP)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 01:21 AM CST

AP - Three white men were arrested Friday in connection with the torching of a predominantly black church hours after Barack Obama won the presidential election.

Obama Cabinet headed toward quick Senate approval (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Jan 2009 12:13 AM CST

Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's proposed Cabinet of top advisers seems headed toward swift U.S. Senate approval, with former presidential rival Hillary Clinton appearing a shoo-in for secretary of state.

Obama refuses to surrender Blackberry (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 08:12 PM CST

AFP - Despite legal and security hurdles, president-elect Barack Obama says he has a plan to retain his beloved Blackberry once he moves into the White House next week.

Man accused in Miss. of threat to president-elect (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:20 PM CST

AP - A Wisconsin man was arrested Friday in Mississippi after authorities said he threatened on the Internet to kill President-elect Barack Obama.

Man charged with threatening Obama on website (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 07:15 PM CST

Reuters - Authorities on Friday arrested a U.S. man on suspicion of threatening to kill President-elect Barack Obama based on statements he posted on a website about UFOs and aliens, the Justice Department said.

Obama says economy will worsen, even with stimulus (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:56 PM CST

Reuters - Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama on Friday warned Americans to expect even rougher economic times and said his plan to revive the struggling economy would take time to work.

Kellogg recalls 16 products due to salmonella risk (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 11:41 PM CST

AP - Kellogg Co. on Friday recalled 16 products containing peanut butter due to possible salmonella contamination, adding new urgency to the nationwide outbreak as federal officials confirmed contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies.

Interior issues offshore drilling plan (AP)

Posted: 16 Jan 2009 06:33 PM CST

AP - The Interior Department on Friday issued a detailed proposal for widespread oil and gas drilling off both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts in areas that have not had energy exploration for decades.