Bill Cowher is out of the running for the New York Jets' vacant coaching job. Theteam planned to sit down soon with the former Super Bowl-winning coach,and Cowher had expressed interest in the job, a person familiar withthe search said

The Canucks, still missing top goalie Roberto Luongo, added somenetminder insurance by acquiring Jason Labarbera from the Los AngelesKings on Tuesday night for a seventh-round pick in the 2009 draft.

A Metra train engineer spotted a dead man on the tracks Tuesday night near Union Station, slowing train traffic and prompting an investigation.

In anticipation of a light snow and a drop in temperatures, the city has dispatched 70 snow fighting trucks to clear slick areas on the city's main streets.

Before the state smoking ban went into effect last Jan. 1, many bar and restaurant owners feared that the new law would have a disastrous impact on business.

Ty Conklin made 36 saves for his seventh NHL shutout, and Johan Franzen scored twice to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-0 win that snapped the Chicago Blackhawks' team-record, nine-game winning streak.

Chicago police trying to intervene in a gang fight on the South Side were injured after being struck with bottles and battered on the face.

President George W. Bush and Palestinian Authority President MahmoudAbbas agreed in a telephone conversation Tuesday that if any newcease-fire agreement is to be effective in the Mideast, "it must berespected by Hamas," the White House said.

We asked 'What are your thoughts on Gov. Rod Blagojevich naming former Ill. Atty. Gen. Roland Burris as Obama's replacement in the U.S. Senate?' Here is what you said:

Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50-vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in Minnesota's Senate race, but wrangling over inclusion of absentee ballots continued Tuesday and any final determination of a winner was still days or weeks away.

Senate Democrats said Tuesday they would refuse to seat the manIllinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has picked to succeed President-electBarack Obama, saying that the taint of scandal would follow the newsenator to Washington.

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, will kiss 2008 goodbye on the world's biggest stage this New Year's Eve. That's because Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Clintons will have the honor of pushing the

President-elect Obama and his family can't seem to go anywhere on their Hawaiian vacation without causing a stir. Hisstay on Oahu has been a bit of a reality check as to how little privacyMr. Obama now has, CBS News correspondent

A House Democrat is daring Senate leaders to block a black man from taking President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.

Defying U.S. Senate leaders and his Illinois lawmakers, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate.