Israel's Security Cabinet will vote tonight on an Egyptian proposal for a truce to end the 3-week-old offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers, a senior government official said.
President-elect Barack Obama made a pitch for his massive economic stimulus plan at a Midwestern factory that makes wind turbine parts, saying Friday his plan would make smart investments in the country's future and create solid jobs in up-and-coming industries.
Some workers at the Alton Square shopping mall wore scarves and jackets inside on a frigid Friday morning, even after a three-hour power outage there ended.
Assigned to coordinate a mid-ocean rescue operation, no-nonsense Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe (Vin Diesel) takes a bullet for government security expert Howard Plummer (Tate Donovan), but fails to save Plummer's life.
A record plunge in gasoline prices pushed overall consumer prices down for the third straight month in December, closing out a year in which inflation rose at the slowest rate in more than 50 years.