LONDON, Nov. 5 -- Through tears and whoops of joy, in celebrations that spilled onto the streets, people around the globe called Barack Obama's election Tuesday a victory for the world and a renewal of America's ability to inspire.

Contenders or pretenders, the list of potential candidates for President-elect Barack Obama 's soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat stretches from Chicago to Springfield and back again.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 -- As Americans flocked to polling stations on Election Day, Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan West and his men walked out of a small outpost in western Baghdad shortly after sunset, each carrying 40 pounds of gear on

When President-elect Barack Obama moves into the White House in January, he will inherit a stratospheric budget deficit, a collapsing financial system and the gloomiest economic outlook since the Great Depression. The silver lining? For a few months, at least,

Top auto industry executives and the president of the United Auto Workers plan to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today to ask for additional federal aid for the struggling U.S. carmakers.

Led by overwhelming support among black voters, California on Tuesday narrowly approved a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

Chris Gregoire retained her job as Washington's governor yesterday, handing a seventh statehouse victory to Democrats and averting a protracted recount, such as the one four years ago, that threatened to distract state leaders for weeks.

There are a lot of reasons why a guy with the improbable name of Barack Hussein Obama just won the presidency of the United States -- such as Wall Street's meltdown, a wildly unpopular president and an opponent so in

MEMPHIS, Nov. 5 -- A federal grand jury in Memphis has indicted two white supremacists accused of plotting to kill Barack Obama and dozens of other black people.

The numbers are in, and the blood battle between two local universities is officially over. UVU won with a total of 100 units while Weber State collected 87 units.

In a warm statement yesterday praising the election of Democrat Barack Obama, President Bush made a point of highlighting the historic importance of the moment to African Americans and other minority groups.

INDIA A sand sculpture on the beach in Puri, India, congratulates President-elect Barack Obama. India's Dalits, or "untouchables," saw hope for their own struggle against India's rigid caste system in Obama's win. "This is America's second revolution," said Chandra Bhan

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Carlos Minc never wanted to grow up to be the environment minister of Brazil. The self-described former "student militant revolutionary," who spent time behind bars in the 1960s for resisting his country's military dictatorship, had more

The Department of Homeland Security announced plans yesterday to dole out $3 billion in counterterrorism grants next year to state and local agencies with far-fewer strings attached than in past years, in a concession to sharply tightening budgets at all

Utah Community Credit Union and Timpview High School have teamed up to encourage students to learn about financial management. Early last month, students were encouraged to open accounts at the credit union which was opened inside the school.