AP - Israeli ground forces made their deepest foray yet Sunday into Gaza's most populated area, with tanks rolling into residential neighborhoods and infantry fighting urban warfare in streets and buildings with Hamas militants who kept up their rocketing of southern Israel.
AP - Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel's military has fired artillery shells with the incendiary agent white phosphorus into Gaza and a doctor there said the chemical was suspected in the case of 10 burn victims who had skin peeling off their faces and bodies.
AP - Barack Obama wants to make it easier to monitor how the second $350 billion installment of the financial bailout is spent and says homeowners and small businesses should get some help.
Limousines, designer clothes, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie: Looks like a party is coming to town. And, indeed, Hollywood is ready to offer glitz, glamour and a little self-congratulation, the kinds of things it does best, for the 2009 Golden Globes tonight.
When George W. Bush became president eight years ago, about 90,000 people applied for jobs in his administration. That's about a quarter, however, of the people who are looking for a way into President-elect Barack Obama's administration.
President-elect Barack Obama said today the suffering on both sides of Gaza's borders has led him to ramp up his commitment to working for a peace deal in the Middle East. "What I am doing right now is putting together the team so that on January 20th, starting on day one, we have the best possible people who are going to be immediately engaged in the Middle East peace process as a whole," Obama said.