Seahawks release former MVP running back Shaun Alexander (AP)

Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach (AP)
AP - Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy...

India names Pakistani masterminds, date plot to 07 (AP)
AP - A Pakistani militant group apparently used an Indian operative as far back as 2007 to scout targets for the elaborate plot against India's financial capital, authorities said Thursday, a...

US mulls unusual tactic as Blackwater charges loom (AP)
AP - Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians could face mandatory 30-year prison sentences under an aggressive anti-drug law being...

Hillary Clinton scrambles to reduce massive campaign debt (AP)
AP - With just weeks before President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in, his choice for secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is scrambling to reduce massive campaign debt before federal...

Democrats: Obama needs hands-on economic approach (AP)
AP - Democrats are growing impatient with President-elect Barack Obama's refusal to inject himself in the major economic crises confronting the country. Obama has sidestepped some policy...