Top advisers to President-elect Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Thursday that Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., would have been a powerful boost to the Republican ticket.
WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background.
NEW YORK — Wall Street is ending a volatile week with an unexpected jolt of confidence following reports that President-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary. The major indexes have jumped more than 5 percent, with the Dow Jones industrials surging nearly 500 points.
Vikings coach Brad Childress said Kevin Williams and Pat Williams returned to the Twin Cities early this morning from New York, where they had their appeals hearings on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A federal grand jury in Iowa has returned a 12-count indictment against a kosher slaughterhouse and some of its employees on charges ranging from conspiracy and harboring illegal immigrants to bank fraud.
Alfredo Gutierrez-Gonzales told police he had been warned about a possible drive-by shooting at a St. Paul home where he was staying, and was trying to put a clip in an AK-47 rifle when the gun accidentally went off and killed a 15-year-old boy, said charges filed against him today.
Details of a terrifying home invasion were released today as charges were filed against three men accused of spraying gasoline onto a couple that had been asleep Wednesday morning in a Lake Elmo duplex.
Retired Ramsey County judge James Dickinson, described as a warm, courtly man well known in the St. Paul legal community, lost his fight with cancer this morning at his home in St. Paul. He was 67.
