Obama Nominates Clinton As Secretary Of State 12-01-2008 11:44 am   -  CNN

"If confirmed, I will give this assignment, your administration and our country my all."

Bush Wants To Withdraw From ‘Limelight’ 12-01-2008 11:37 am   -  ABC News

"I think it's going to be real important for me to get off the stage. We got a new man coming on the stage; I wish him all the very best."

Britain’s Controversial Tax Cut Goes Into Effect 12-01-2008 11:17 am   -  AFP

AFP: A controversial tax cut on goods and services goes into effect on Monday in the U.K. But is it enough medicine to cure a sickly economy, hammered by the global financial crisis?

Britney Spears Tops Yahoo Searches in 2008 12-01-2008 10:58 am   -  CBS' 'Early Show'

The Yahoo! 2008 Year in Review not only presents the top ten searches, but overall themes and popular trends that bubbled to the surface, including the economy, politicians, news stories, Olympians, rising celebrities, influential women, and notable deaths.

North Korea Releases New Pictures of Kim Jong Il 12-01-2008 10:55 am   -  AP

AP: South Korean and U.S. officials say Kim suffered a stroke in August, but North Korea denies the 66-year-old leader — who has not publicly named a successor — was ever ill.

Flashback: Obama Tells Clinton He Wants Her To Advise Him 12-01-2008 10:30 am   -  Fox News

"How would you rely on so many Clinton advisers and still deliver the break from the past you're promising voters?"

Raw: Burress Turns Himself In to Police 12-01-2008 10:09 am   -  AP

AP: New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress arrived at a New York police station early Monday morning, where he was charged after accidentally shooting himself in the right thigh.

Stiletto Dangers: Docs Worried About Upward Trend in High Heel Fashions 12-01-2008 9:52 am   -  AP

"The foot in this position is very unstable."

Baseball-Loving High School Girl Sues to Play With the Boys 12-01-2008 8:33 am   -  AP

"We consider baseball and softball comparable sports."

Montreal Actor Uses Film Knowledge to Escape Mumbai Bloodbath 12-01-2008 7:11 am   -  CBC

"My intention, once the bullets started flying, was to pretend, as I've learned from so many Second World War movies, that I was dead."

Lawyer Tells AP Burress To Turn Himself In Monday 12-01-2008 1:32 am   -  AP

AP: Plaxico Burress plans to turn himself in to police Monday morning in New York City and plead not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon, his lawyer said. Burress shot himself at a Manhattan nightclub Friday night.

Cuba Honors ‘Poor People’s Priest’ In First Beatification Ceremony 12-01-2008 1:28 am   -  CNN

CNN: Cuban President Raul Castro attends the first Catholic beatification on Cuban soil.

Bush: US Stands Behind India in Wake of Attacks 12-01-2008 1:20 am   -  AP

AP: President Bush is pledging full support from the U.S. as India investigates the deadly attacks in Mumbai. The president says terrorists will not have the final word and that India will be able to withstand this ordeal.

Dr. Susan E. Rice Explains Obama’s Foreign Policy Plans 12-01-2008 1:10 am   -  Barack Obama

Dr. Susan E. Rice was a senior national security adviser to the Obama-Biden campaign. She is on leave from the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., where she is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development Programs. Dr. Rice discusses Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Plan.

Capture of ‘Mumbai Gunman’ by Security Services Caught on Tape 12-01-2008 12:59 am   -  Sky News

Sky News: The footage, which was captured on a mobile phone, shows security services beating the alleged terrorist before he is taken away. A senior Indian police officer said Ajmal Qasab later told interrogators he belonged to a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir.

‘Cyber Monday’: Online Retailers Set for Ceremonial Kick-Off of Online Holiday Season 12-01-2008 12:17 am   -  AP

Every year, U.S. consumers flood retail stores on 'Black Friday,' the day after Thanksgiving, but online retailers also brace themselves for a similar crush on the internet three days later, now commonly called, 'Cyber Monday.'

Seattle Company Turns Leftover Cooking Grease Into Biodiesel 11-30-2008 11:05 pm   -  KING-TV Seattle

"We want everybody in the state of Washington to come to us and donate their wasted cooking oil. Don't fill up the landfills. Bring your wasted cooking oils to us."

Ted Turner: KGB ‘Honorable Place to Work’ 11-30-2008 9:38 pm   -  Meet the Press

"And the KGB, I think, was an honorable place to work. And it, it gave people in the former Soviet Union, a communist country, an opportunity to do something important and worthwhile."

Buffalo Bills to Honor Late ‘Meet the Press’ Host Tim Russert 11-30-2008 8:05 pm   -  MSNBC

A plaza inside the stadium where the Buffalo Bills play will be named after the late NBC newsman.

Space Shuttle Endeavour Lands in CA After 6.6 Million-Mile Mission 11-30-2008 6:48 pm   -  AP

AP: Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday, taking a detour to sunny California after storms hit the main landing strip in Florida.