Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent (AP)

Investor fear remains deep despite one-day rally (AP)
AP - Since the Nov. 4 election, investors have been abandoning stocks in a kind of slow-motion crash that experts say underlines just how anxious...

Chicago, Clinton camps feed Obama's incoming team (AP)
AP - Two main quarries are supplying the building blocks for President-elect Barack Obama's new administration.

Obama's Cabinet posts seem to be filling quickly (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama has moved with unusual speed to select officials for his administration, and senior Democratic officials say he...

Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011 (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and...

Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism (AP)
AP - President George W. Bush, attending his final global summit at a time of severe financial crisis, urged other countries on Saturday not to...