Is Obama?s National-Security Team Liberal Change in Moderate Hawk?s Clothing? - Nymag.com

Barack Obama has officially announced his national-security team: Along with Susan Rice as UN ambassador, there were the previously leaked and much-discussed picks of Robert Gates as Defense secretary, Janet Napolitano as head of Homeland Security, and Eric Holder as attorney general. Also chosen: a ...

Rice: Attack plotters must be brought to justice - MSNBC

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls for "total" cooperation between India and Pakistan over the Mumbai attacks, speaking in London at the start of a trip that will include a "solidarity" visit to New Delhi. LONDON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that the people who waged ...

Giants? Burress Surrenders at New York Police Station (Update2) - Bloomberg

Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress surrendered to police in Manhattan this morning to face a criminal charge of handgun possession that might send him to jail. Burress turned himself in at the 17th Precinct in midtown, three days after a gun he was allegedly carrying ...

Wall St. looks to extend rally; consumers in focus - Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street will look to build on the strongest weekly performance for stocks since 1932 on Monday, with investors focused on how recession-minded shoppers fared at the malls and a raft of government data that could give a clearer picture of the economy. So far, it appears consumers ...

Oklahoma overtakes Texas in BCS standings for shot at Big 12 title; Florida Gators remain fourth - St. Petersburg Times

NEW YORK ? Oklahoma, not Texas, is headed to the Big 12 title game with an inside track to the national title game by moving ahead of the Longhorns in the BCS standings released Sunday. Texas' win against the Sooners in October wasn't enough to give the Longhorns the advantage in a three-way tie ...