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White House: Cease-fire depends on Hamas (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:49 PM CST AP - It's President George W. Bush's belief that the first step in any cease-fire in the ongoing violence in the Mideast will require the Islamic militant group Hamas to agree to stop firing rockets into Israel now and in the future, the White House said Wednesday.

Hezbollah-like tactic used by Hamas against Israel (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 04:43 PM CST AP - Since taking control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has adopted the rocket tactics used by Lebanese Hezbollah, shifting away from its reliance on suicide bombers in attacks on Israel.

Chief justice: Inflation outpacing pay for judges (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 06:24 PM CST AP - Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that Congress should be as generous to judges as it already has been to itself, by approving an inflation-related increase in their pay.

Iseman faces legal hurdles in Times suit (Politico) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:55 PM CST Politico - Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman is hoping to receive $27 million in damages from The New York Times, according to a defamation suit filed Tuesday, but her attorneys could have a tough time legally making that happen.

Obamas to move into Washington hotel this weekend (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:11 PM CST AP - An exclusive hotel just yards from the White House will become a temporary home "suite" home for President-elect Barack Obama and his family when they move to the capital this weekend.

NASA chief's wife to Obama: Don't fire my husband (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:53 PM CST AP - Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife.

Low-key New Year's Eve planned at Bush's ranch (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 01:09 PM CST AP - President George W. Bush probably won't watch the clock hit 2009, choosing instead to celebrate the new year with a sunrise stroll around his Texas ranch.

Obama pledges schools upgrade in stimulus plan (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:13 PM CST AP - Barack Obama probably cannot fix every leaky roof and busted boiler in the nation's schools. But educators say his sweeping school modernization program — if he spends enough — could jump-start student achievement.

Company has inaugural tradition dating to Truman (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 03:19 PM CST AP - Saws are buzzing in the cavernous warehouse where a Maryland company is fast at work on making parade floats it has provided for presidential inaugurations since Harry Truman's in 1949.

Clintons, revelers ring in 2009 in Times Square (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2009 01:54 AM CST AP - Hundreds of thousands of revelers rang in 2009 from frigid Times Square as the famous Waterford crystal ball dropped, signaling the end of a historic and troubled year that saw the election of the first black U.S. president and the worst economic crisis in decades.

Senate fight deflects attention from Ill. governor (AP) Posted: 01 Jan 2009 02:40 AM CST AP - Roland Burris is battling for a U.S. Senate seat in court and through the media, briefly shifting the spotlight away from the man who picked him for the job, embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Britain ready to take Guantanamo prisoners: report (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 10:25 PM CST AFP - Britain is now preparing to take in detainees from Guantanamo Bay to help US president-elect Barack Obama shut down the prison camp, The Times newspaper said Thursday, citing government sources.

Senate seat scandal set to shadow Obama's early presidency (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 08:42 PM CST AFP - The scandal surrounding the senate seat of president-elect Barack Obama looked set to shadow his first months in office after prosecutors asked for more time to bring charges against the governor accused of trying to sell the coveted post.

Obama is strong leader, three quarters of Americans say (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:57 PM CST AFP - Three-quarters of Americans say president-elect Barack Obama is a "strong and decisive leader," the highest such support for an incoming president in almost 30 years, according to a CNN poll released Wednesday.

Burris goes to court to push appointment through (AP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 05:44 PM CST AP - U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris has asked a court to force Secretary of State Jesse White to certify his appointment to President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat.

Obama to tap Princeton's Rouse for econ council (Reuters) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 04:52 PM CST Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton University labor economist, to the Council of Economic Advisers, an aide with the Obama transition office said on Wednesday.

Gaza reshuffles Israeli political deck (Politico) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:56 PM CST Politico - Israel’s attack on Gaza is scrambling that country’s politics in advance of a Feb. 10 national election that will select the leader with whom the U.S. and Palestinians alike negotiate during President-elect Barack Obama’s first term.

Violent protest over Ghana poll results (AFP) Posted: 31 Dec 2008 02:44 PM CST AFP - Ghanaian police fired water cannon late Wednesday on ruling party supporters who besieged the country's electoral commission in protest at presidential election results, witnesses and local media said.

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