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•Federal judge arrests Ala. sheriff over jail food
by By JAY REEVES
13 minutes ago
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) -- A federal judge has ordered the arrest of an Alabama sheriff who was held in contempt of court for failing to adequately feed jail inmates while profiting from the skimpy meals....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
by By IBRAHIM BARZAK and MATTI FRIEDMAN
14 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, bombing heavily around suspected smuggling tunnels near the border with Egypt after a three-hour lull to allow in humanitarian aid. Hamas responded with a rocket barrage. Despite the heavy fighting, strides were made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris
by By LAURIE KELLMAN
17 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly."...
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Cheney says Obama should keep terror polices
21 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney said Wednesday it would be a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to scrap the Bush administration's terrorist-fighting policies designed to prevent future attacks on the U.S....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
by By SETH BORENSTEIN
23 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Jurassic version of jumbo jets - huge flying creatures weighing hundreds of pounds - is a mystery of dinosaur-era flight: How did something so big get off the ground? A Johns Hopkins University biologist thinks he has figured out the answer....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Feds say inauguration attractive terrorist target
by By EILEEN SULLIVAN
27 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama is an attractive target for international and domestic terrorists, but U.S. intelligence officials have no information about specific threats to the Jan. 20 event....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Obama hails 'extraordinary' moment with presidents
by By BEN FELLER
29 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confronting a grim economy and a Middle East on fire, Barack Obama turned Wednesday to perhaps the only people on the planet who understand what he's in for: the four living members of the U.S. presidents' club. In an image bound to go down in history, every living U.S. president came together at the White House on Wednesday to hash over the world's challenges with the president-elect. There they stood, shoulder-to-shoulder in the Oval Office: George H.W. Bush, Obama,...
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•AP source: Browns to hire Eric Mangini as coach
by By TOM WITHERS
29 minutes ago
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Eric Mangini is the new head coach of the Cleveland Browns, a week after being fired by the New York Jets. A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press that Mangini will be introduced Thursday at a news conference at the team's headquarters in Berea. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because Mangini's contract has not been finalized....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•Obama taps spending watchdog, eyes Social Security
by By JENNIFER LOVEN
32 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other federal programs - even as he campaigned anew to spend the largest pile of taxpayer money in history to revive the sinking economy....
[From AP Top Headlines At 7:37 p.m. EST]
•"Enemy combatant" will be early test for Obama
34 minutes ago
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - The case of Ali al-Marri, accused of being an al Qaeda "sleeper" agent and held for 5-1/2 years at a U.S. military prison in South Carolina, will be an early test for President-elect Barack Obama.
[From Reuters: Top News]
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