Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh and spent the night in the hospital, another dramatic turn in a tumultuous season in which the star New York Giants receiver has been fined and suspended. ...more

November 30, 2008

Pakistan demanded late Saturday that India produce evidence to support allegations that it was involved in the three-day assault on India's financial and cultural capital, which came to a close earlier in the day. ...more

November 30, 2008

A Democratic official says retired Marine Gen. James Jones is President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be national security adviser. ...more

November 25, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama will keep Defense Secretary Robert Gates in that job for at least a year, according to an official familiar the two men's discussions. ...more

November 25, 2008

Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

Washington attorney Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to be the next attorney general and aides have gone so far as to ask senators whether he would be confirmed, an Obama official and people close to the matter said Tuesday. ...more

November 18, 2008

Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are seeing more against Barack Obama than ever before. ...more

November 14, 2008

TALLAHASSEE - Head-hunter Louis Givens had just delivered a tackle on Florida State's kickoff when he realized somebody else's name had been called over the public announcement system at Carter-Finley Stadium. ...more

November 13, 2008

With the economy in disarray and the nation's treasury draining, President-elect Barack Obama and his advisers are trying to figure out which of his expansive campaign promises to push in the opening months of his tenure and which to put on a slower track. ...more

November 9, 2008

My most memorable moment from Sen. Barack Obama's campaign occurred as we were on the way to a high-dollar fundraising event. ...more

November 8, 2008