Blasts hit Pakistan funeral, mosque
A blast killed at least six mourners Friday at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwest Pakistan who was gunned down hours earlier, police said.

NYT: Obama fund-raiser quells Cabinet rumors

NYT: The business holdings and connections that made Penny Pritzker a key to the Obama presidential campaign's fundraising may have kept her from a job as commerce secretary.

Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton

An aide to Barack Obama's transition team says the president-elect is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving.

Phone workers peek at Obama's cell records
Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the company said late Thursday.

Thousands of Iraqis protest U.S. pact

Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr converged on a central Baghdad square Friday for a mass prayer to protest a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact.

Military sets date for first execution since 1961
A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years.

‘Daisies,' ‘Eli Stone' ‘Sexy Money' get yanked

ABC has decided against giving full-season orders to "Pushing Daisies," "Dirty Sexy Money" and "Eli Stone," but is not officially saying that the struggling shows are canceled.

Afghanistan markets pomegranates

Afghanistan is telling the world that it has a trendy, new replacement for its dreaded poppy crop: sweet, juicy pomegranates.

Officer in Oswald photo can't escape history

Retired Dallas police detective Jim Leavelle still gets letters from strangers because of that 1963 photo of him standing next to Lee Harvey Oswald.

Attorney General Mukasey collapses

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense ally in President George W. Bush's war on terror, was hospitalized Thursday after he collapsed during a late-night speech and lost consciousness.