Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.
A judge ordered a Muslim woman arrested Tuesday for contempt of court for refusing to take off her head scarf at a security checkpoint.
It's not always a dog's life being a White House pet. Still, experts say President-elect Barack Obama and his family can find a pooch well-suited to the White House.
Gov. Sarah Palin's home church was badly damaged by arson, and she apologized if the fire was connected to "negative attention" from her campaign as the Republican vice presidential nominee.
President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural committee says, in a change from tradition, the entire length of the National Mall will be open to the public during his inauguration.
A 19-year-old Asheville teenager said she legally changed her name to CutoutDissection.com to protest animal dissections in schools.
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