Column: Compromise necessary for Clinton as secretary of state - U-Wire.com

Obama's previous competitor is now teaming up with him as his secretary of state. It was very nice that Obama asked his rival to work with him. He probably recognized the positive influence she could have on the American people and the added effect that she could have on the female population. It is ...

It's official: US economy in a recession - KHOU

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER?a private, nonprofit research organization?said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began ...

Pierce, hospital probed in Burress shooting - NBC Sports

New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress arrives at a police station on Monday morning. Burress accidentally shot himself in the right thigh at a nightclub early Sunday morning. NEW YORK - Authorities investigating Plaxico Burress? accidental shooting say they are looking into what roles his ...

Blast injures 13 protesters at Bangkok airport - Houston Chronicle

People's Alliance for Democracy protesters are seen leaving the premises of the occupied Government House in Bangkok today. Thai protesters began leaving the prime minister's offices after a three-month sit-in, moving instead to reinforce a paralyzing anti-government blockade of Bangkok's two ...

Holiday shopping season off to a modest start - Times Union

NEW YORK -- The Thanksgiving shopping weekend may not have been the disaster some had feared, but unprecedented discounts and tempered buying likely resulted in overall soft sales as a buying binge on Friday quickly fizzled. Now, online retailers are ramping up deals to turn skittish shoppers into ...