Saturday, January 17, 2009 Last Update:
Americans are confident Barack Obama can turn the economy around but are prepared to give him years to do so, according to the latest Times/CBS News Poll.
The agenda Barack Obama is setting out to enact is significantly altered from what he had in mind when he began his candidacy.
Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. came aboard President-elect Barack Obama's whistle-stop tour in Wilmington, Del.
President-elect Barack Obama embarked on an abridged version of Abraham Lincoln’s journey by rail in 1861.
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Israel’s Prime Minister announced the unilateral cease-fire in Gaza late Saturday, saying all Israeli objectives for the war had been reached.
Most banks that received bailout money are using it to pay down debt, acquire other businesses or invest for the future, not lending.
Technicians were struggling to lift US Airways Flight 1549 from its mooring spot in icy waters off Lower Manhattan.
An American scholar said North Korean officials told him they had “weaponized” enough for several nuclear bombs.
In more towns, garbage collectors and drivers are helping the police keep up with what is happening on the streets.
Evolving cinematic roles prepare America to have a black man in charge.
Why David Brooks is satisfied and Gail Collins concerned with the president-elect.
Any systemic solution to the government’s endless bank bailouts has to deal with the bad assets once and for all, writes Joe Nocera.
This Aspen, Colo., house coils around itself, with rooms and railingless balconies constituting 12 levels.
While some of the vehicles will surely turn out to be hokum, change is afoot.
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One of the last remaining obstacles for women in the workplace is how they treat one another.
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