Palin lays low as interview requests pile up
2008-11-07 10:50:17
Gov. Sarah Palin hadn't been back home in Alaska for a full day and her staff had begun fielding requests Thursday for postelection interviews, including from Barbara Walters, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King and others.
No charges for ex-NY governor in prostitution case
2008-11-07 09:52:39
Federal prosecutors said Thursday that they will not bring criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer for his role in a prostitution scandal, removing a legal cloud that has surrounded the former New York governor since his epic downfall eight months ago.
Michelle Obama: America's next First Lady
2008-11-06 10:58:12
Michelle Obama, the 44-year-old Princeton and Harvard Law School graduate, and working mother of two, is certainly her own woman.
Bin Laden son loses asylum plea
2008-11-06 10:27:29
One of Osama bin Laden's sons has been denied asylum in Spain, an Interior Ministry spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.
Hard to imagine 'far off' 2012 election bid: Palin
2008-11-06 09:24:50
Defeated Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said late Tuesday that elections in 2012 were "so far off" that she was unable to imagine making her own bid for the US presidency.
106-year-old Atlanta woman basks in Obama tribute
2008-11-06 09:18:41
President-elect Obama, sprinkled his victory speech with references to the civil rights struggle, and paid tribute to Cooper, daughter of slaves born at a time when women and blacks couldn't vote.
US first lady: an unscripted and powerful role
2008-11-05 15:52:50
Unpaid, with no official duties, the wife of the US president can exert enormous influence, since she has both the ear of the president and a powerful bully pulpit all her own.
Son of Osama bin Laden seeks asylum in Spain
2008-11-05 09:47:35
A son of Osama bin Laden who grabbed headlines by marrying a British woman last year has flown to Spain and requested asylum, the Spanish government said Tuesday.
Determined Texas woman, 92, votes in ambulance
2008-11-05 09:17:06
A 92 years old cast a straight Democratic ballot Tuesday in ambulance.
Obama's grandmother dies a day before election
2008-11-04 06:29:46
A day before the presidential election, Barack Obama announced the death Monday of his grandmother, who helped raise him and who he praised as the cornerstone of his family.
New photos of Kim Jong-il released
2008-11-02 21:17:58
Kim Jong-il, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, watches a soccer game at an unidentified location in the country in this picture distributed by the official Korean Central News Agency, November 2, 2008. [Xinhua]
Tattooed Leopard Man leaves hermit lifestyle behind
2008-10-28 16:53:57
The Leopard Man of Skye, once the world's most tattooed man, has left behind his remote hermit lifestyle to live in a retirement home.