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  1. Goodbye jobs, hello mom and dad, say young adults AP - 40 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Faced with limited job options, many young adults are turning to an old standby to weather the recession: moving back in with mom and dad.

  2. In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama holds meeting on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
    White House: Obama Afghan decision 'within days' AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - The White House braced for a tough sell of President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan, even as the president met with top advisers for possibly the last major deliberations before an announcement.

  3. More anti-gay, religious-motivated crimes reported AP - Mon Nov 23, 3:12 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Reports of hate crimes against gays and religious groups increased sharply in 2008, according to FBI data released Monday.

  4. FILE - This 2000 file picture provided by the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences shows Nidal Malik Hasan when was a medical student at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The Army psychiatrist charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood will be confined until his military trial, initially staying in a hospital where he is recovering from gunshot wounds, his attorney said Saturday Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, file)
    Atty: Fort Hood suspect may use insanity defense AP - Tue Nov 24, 1:18 AM ET

    FORT WORTH, Texas - An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack on his Texas post will likely plead not guilty to the charges against him and may use an insanity defense at his military trial, his attorney said Monday.

  5. Obama takes his leave a bit early, then returns AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:05 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is getting used to leaving events before they end — even when he doesn't have to.

  6. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., left, watches as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. takes a bite of a chessesteak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, that was the payoff of a bet following the Yankees defeat of the Phillies in the World Series. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)
    Forecast for Dem primaries: Ugly Politico - Mon Nov 23, 4:30 AM ET

    Republicans aren’t the only ones staring at the unnerving prospect of a 2010 primary season filled with smash-mouth intraparty contests that threaten to distract the party and leave Senate nominees bloodied and cash-depleted.

  7. In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVE
    Schumer says failure not an option on health care AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:30 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.

  8. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., embraces Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn as he speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
    For Reid, Dodd, clout on big issues cuts both ways AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:11 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

  9. FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2002 file photo, then-Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend is embraced by her uncle, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., at a campaign rally at Bowie State University in Bowie, Md. The late Sen. Edward Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. Kennedy's brain-cancer death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted plenty of speculation that the family's long-running political dynasty is over. (AP Photo/Roberto Borea, File)
    Sizing up the Kennedy dynasty's next generation AP - Mon Nov 23, 6:38 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family's long-running political dynasty is over.

  10. Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Supply U.S. Fighter Jet Engines to Iran PR Newswire - Mon Nov 23, 5:29 PM ET

    MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 23 - MOBILE, Ala., Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jacques Monsieur, a Belgian national and resident of France suspected of international arms dealing for decades, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama to conspiracy to illegally export F-5 fighter jet engines and parts from the Untied States to Iran.

  11. Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low Rasmussen Reports - Mon Nov 23, 8:56 AM ET

    Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. That's the lowest level of support measured for the plan in nearly two dozen tracking polls conducted since June.

  12. Senator's affair revealed in text message AP - Mon Nov 23, 8:39 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - A Nevada man whose wife had an affair with Sen. John Ensign said he discovered the relationship after intercepting a text message around Christmas in 2007.

  13. U.S. pledges new arms sales to Taiwan Reuters - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

    TAIPEI (Reuters) - The United States plans to resume arms sales to Taiwan and warned of a build-up of missiles aimed at the island by China, a top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.

  14. Obama honors Mugabe foes for defying a "dictator" Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 8:46 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama honored a group of women Monday who have confronted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and said they had defied a dictator.

  15. South Carolina governor faces ethics allegations Reuters - Mon Nov 23, 4:53 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a conservative seen as a presidential contender before a sex scandal wrecked his reputation, faces 37 possible ethics violations, the state ethics commission said on Monday.

  16. Health care issues: What are GOP's reform ideas? AP - Mon Nov 23, 9:21 AM ET

    A look at key issues in the health care debate:

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