Fissures over Iraq could make it more difficult for Republicans to coalesce on national security policy and avoid a bitter intraparty fight going into 2008.
Housing and autos may be in the dumps, but the rest of the U.S. economy seems to be holding up just fine, adding 132,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs in November. Breaking things down: The service sector added 172,000 jobs last month, according to a preliminary Labor Department report (PDF), while construction lost 29,000 and manufacturing lost 15,000. Of those departed construction jobs, more than half were related to real estate. Some 7,000 auto-related jobs disappeared as well.
This summer, Michael Evans went private. Only the 924 people he considers friends on Facebook.com, a social-networking website, can view photos of his latest exploits and track his online activities. Evans, a senior at Ohio State University, wasn't trying to keep predators or even obnoxious busybodies at bay; he was hiding from the prying eyes of future employers.
President Bush and his strategists say they are concerned that partisan differences are pulling Americans apart over Iraq, partly because of the harsh political campaigns that ended in the Democratic takeover of Congress in the November 7 election.
AP - The 109th session of Congress, frustrated by partisanship and criticized for its meager record of accomplishment, ended with flurry of bill-passing and promises of change when Democrats take over the House and Senate in January.
AP - NASA moved ahead Saturday with last-minute preparations for its second attempt to get space shuttle Discovery off the ground for the first nighttime launch in four years.