AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday the economy will get worse before it gets better, pledged a recovery plan "equal to the task" and warned lawmakers that the days of pork barrel spending are over.
AP - The legal drama surrounding five Blackwater Worldwide security contractors charged with killing Iraqi civilians was unfolding Monday on two stages thousands of miles apart.
AP - The first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress took advantage of dissatisfaction with a longtime incumbent dogged by corruption allegations and reflects the changing nature of New Orleans politics since Hurricane Katrina.
Olympian Eric Shanteau returned to competitive swimming over the weekend for the first time since he was treated for testicular cancer. The swimmer's been compared to Lance Armstrong, the world-renowned cyclist who was diagnosed at 25 with advanced testicular cancer. Armstrong beat the disease before going on to winning the Tour de France a record seven times.
President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday warned officials around the country who want to fund projects with federal dollars: no more business as usual. "How are we going to make sure taxpayers are protected? You know, the days of just pork coming out of Congress as a strategy, those days are over, " Obama said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."
A weekend sit-in by laid-off workers at a Chicago window factory drew high-profile support from President-elect Barack Obama ahead of a Monday meeting between union leaders and the plant's major creditor. About 200 workers from the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America conducted what they call a "peaceful occupation" of the Republic Windows and Doors plant since Friday, when their layoffs were to take effect.