Ted Stevens loses Alaska Senate race (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:56:31 GMT
AP - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat by Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats within two seats of a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.

Holder accepts Obama's Justice offer, senior Democrat says (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:01:14 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer.

Clinton lawyers vetting her for secretary of state (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:11:28 GMT
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has engaged three prominent lawyers to help President-elect Barack Obama vet her candidacy for secretary of state even as some insiders criticized the pick and advisers to the former first lady said she was weighing whether to take the job if Obama offered it.

Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastrophe (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:03:59 GMT
AP - Detroit's Big Three automakers pleaded with a reluctant Congress Tuesday for a $25 billion lifeline to save the once-proud titans of U.S. industry, pointedly warning of a national economic catastrophe should they collapse.

Aruba police pursue new evidence in Natalee Holloway case (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:58:24 GMT
AP - A new witness has come forward in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba, and prosecutors said Tuesday they are seeking more evidence against the only remaining suspect.

8-year-old admits double shooting in police video (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:13:35 GMT
AP - An 8-year-old boy accused in the deaths of his father and another man gave police conflicting accounts about the shootings, at one point saying, "I wasn't shooting any guns" before admitting to firing at least two shots at each of the men.

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:14:50 GMT
AP - Doctors have given a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs. "This technique has great promise," said Dr. Eric Genden, who did a similar transplant in 2005 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. That operation used both donor and recipient tissue. Only a handful of windpipe, or trachea, transplants have ever been done.

Astronauts end space walk marred by lost tool bag (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:17:49 GMT
AP - A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag Tuesday after a grease gun inside it exploded, and helplessly watched as the tote and everything inside floated away.

Disney's Cody Linley doesn't make 'Dancing' finals (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:23:50 GMT
AP - Cody Linley won't be graduating "Dancing with the Stars."

Source: Don Wakamatsu is new Mariners manager (AP)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:17:09 GMT
AP - Don Wakamatsu has his first job as a major league manager, and it's not exactly an easy one.