Ryan Gardner Craig Robinson, the new basketball coach at Oregon State and Barack Obama’s brother-in-law, directed a 5:30 a.m. practice two days after the election. CORVALLIS, Ore. — With a hint of 5 o’clock shadow and small bags under his eyes, Oregon ...
WASHINGTON — Chris Duhon’s brow glistened, the mark of a hard evening’s work and the glowing spotlight that is shining upon him. Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press Duhon, who spent four unspectacular seasons with ...
DANA POINT, Calif. — Kenny Williams craned his neck to steal a peek at the lobby bar television, hoping to see if his friend was about to become president-elect of the United States. John Gress/Reuters ...
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images If prices continue to plummet, the homes of about 19 million owners will be worth less than their underlying mortgages by 2010. In the government’s ever-morphing efforts to save the financial system, the moment when the nation’s homeowners get ...
HEALTH care stocks were all but forgotten for years as investors focused their attention on industries that offered more action, up or down. The neglect hurt returns for a while, but in a market like this, being ignored can lead to an outperformance. ...
BRUSSELS — Hoping to force President-elect Barack Obama to act quickly, European governments on Friday called for development within the next 100 days of a plan to overhaul the global financial system. European Union leaders want an international summit meeting ...
Senator Barack Obama had a burst of publicity last month when it was revealed that his presidential campaign had bought advertisements in popular Xbox 360 video games. In early-voting states, the ads, inserted via the Internet in Madden NFL ’09, Burnout Paradise and other games, reminded ...
Watch MSNBC, a new commercial for the cable channel intones, and "experience the power of change." Is the channel, a subsidiary of NBC Universal, introducing a new slogan that calls to mind President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign message? MSNBC says it is ...
Make room on the bookshelf — perhaps somewhere between "Dow 36,000" by Glassman and Hassett or "The End of History and the Last Man" by Fukuyama — for the unfortunately named "A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can’t Win" ...
At 9:46 p.m., blogging on his site FiveThirtyEight.com, Nate Silver called the presidential election for Barack Obama. The television networks followed suit about an hour and 15 minutes later after most polls in Western states closed. ...
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran sent an unusual letter congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday for his victory in the American presidential race, even though the two nations have had no diplomatic ties for nearly 30 years. ...
Joao Silva An American soldier in Baghdad on Thursday. Some Iraqi politicians say an American-Iraqi security pact may soon be ready. BAGHDAD — Barack Obama may have been elected only three days ago, but his victory is already beginning to shift the ...
BAGHDAD — As Iraqi political blocs considered Washington’s latest counteroffer in the long-fought security pact between the United States and Iraq, some Shiite politicians have seemed to soften their opposition. But one influential Shiite group, the Sadrists, remained solidly in the "No" column. ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The leader of a jihadi group in Iraq argued Friday that the election of Barack Obama as president represented a victory for radical Islamic groups that had battled American forces since the invasion of Iraq. ...
Maxim Shipenkov/European Pressphoto Agency Russian soldiers in historical uniforms rehearsed Wednesday in Moscow for a parade on Friday. Nerves have been frayed because of financial problems and the recent war in Georgia. MOSCOW — President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia greeted his future ...
LONDON — Only weeks after predictions of his political demise were making headlines, Prime Minister Gordon Brown bounced back with a by-election victory that had British political commentators revising forecasts on Friday of how the governing Labor Party might fare in the next general election. ...
WASHINGTON — To the extent that he focused on Russia at all, Barack Obama’s attention was concentrated primarily on the need to keep Soviet nuclear weapons stockpiles out of the hands of terrorists. But now, President Dmitri A. Medvedev of ...
ROME — Italians never quite know whether to laugh or cry at Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. But many reacted with incredulity and outrage after the prime minister, visiting Moscow on Thursday, amiably called the first African-American president-elect in United States history "young, handsome and suntanned." ...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In his new position as head of the United States Central Command, Gen. David H. Petraeus met top Pakistani officials on Monday for the first time and heard one message wherever he turned: American airstrikes against militants in the tribal areas are unhelpful. ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — Tensions between American forces and the Afghan government over civilian casualties from coalition airstrikes spiked again on Wednesday with a report by Afghan officials that a missile from a United States aircraft had killed 40 civilians and wounded 28 others at a wedding ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) The indigenous Maori minority approached New Zealand’s elections on Saturday with a chance to secure the balance of power, inspired by Barack Obama’s victory in the United States presidential election. Mr. Obama’s election was a triumph over old stereotypes, which ...
SHANGHAI — China announced a huge economic stimulus plan on Sunday aimed at bolstering its weakening economy, a sweeping move that could also help fight the effects of the global slowdown. Qilai Shen/European Pressphoto Agency ...
BOGOTÁ , Colombia (AP) — The nearly $5 billion American aid package known as Plan Colombia failed to meet its goal of halving illegal narcotics production, says an American report released Wednesday. The Government Accountability Office report does, however, find that ...
For those who love the civic cheer and lukewarm coffee of their local polling place, an absentee ballot has all the appeal of a tax form. The paperwork, the miniature type, the search (in some states) for a notary public: it’s a tedium bath, and Pam ...
Americans who have a close family member who is serving or has served in the military are just as likely as Americans with no military connection to say that wounded Iraq veterans do not receive high quality care in military and VA hospitals (64% versus 59%). These Americans with a ...
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) on Tuesday during a debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., discussed their proposals for health care, the economy and other issues, the Wall Street Journal reports (Meckler/Cooper, Wall Street Journal, 10/8). ...
United States Senator Barack Obama holds a 16 percent lead over Senator John McCain in an on-line poll that asks which presidential candidate would better serve U.S. material science and engineering interests. The poll, conducted by JOM, the member journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, asks the following ...
If you missed Democratic party presidential candidate Barack Obama's 30-minute television special Wednesday night, fret not. We have the whole thing right here. The infomercial aired simultaneously on three channels - ABC, NBC,
I happened to notice that there's a 30-minute Barack Obama "Political Message" - AKA last minute 30 minute commercial during prime time television. It's being broadcast on NBC, CBS, FOX and BET. I can't imagine how much money this
Obama Speech October 29 - Digg Obama: 'In 2 days time' - Tue, 28 Oct 2008Sen. Barack Obama campaigns in Manchester, New Hampshire, in January 2008. I like this speech, it's very similar to the "Closing Argument" speech he unveiled in