Barack Obama's presidential campaign raised $104 million in the weeks around Election Day, a grand finale to a successful bid that shattered fundraising records. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:53:40 GMT

Outgunned and out-financed, police in volatile northwestern Pakistan are fighting a losing battle against insurgents, dozens of interviews by The Associated Press show. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:06:49 GMT

A defeated and retiring group of Republican senators, one-tenth of the chamber's membership, may be the decisive voting bloc on the proposed automaker bailout loan. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 22:20:59 GMT

By the time all 25 hostages were released unharmed last week board a Greek cargo ship, the pirates even made one of the captives a startling offer: Would he like to join them? Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:22:08 GMT

A military jury has acquitted a New York Army National Guard soldier in the 2005 bombing deaths of two superiors in Iraq. Fri, 5 Dec 2008 01:59:53 GMT