AP - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was roused from bed and arrested Tuesday after prosecutors said he was caught on wiretaps audaciously scheming to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for cash or a plum job for himself in the new administration.
AP - A government "car czar" with the power to force U.S. automakers into bankruptcy would dole out $15 billion in emergency loans to the failing industry under an emerging deal between the White House and congressional Democrats.
Florida Gov. Charles Crist has ordered an investigation to determine whether the remains of 32 students were buried decades ago in shallow graves on the grounds of a former reform school for boys. Four former residents of the school asked Crist to launch the investigation. They call themselves the White House Boys after the concrete building, where, they claim, beatings and torture were carried out.
A Korean immigrant who lost his wife, two small children and mother-in-law when a Marine Corps jet slammed into the family's house in San Diego, California, said Tuesday he did not blame the jet's pilot. "Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident," a distraught Dong Yun Yoon told reporters gathered near the site of Monday's crash.
Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich faces federal corruption charges related to the selection of President-elect Barack Obama's successor. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said Blagojevich tried to sell the Senate seat in exchange for favors. The governor appeared in court Tuesday, and posted bond of $4,500.