NYT: Delicate task for Obama with CIA
The president-elect must take charge of the CIA in what is proving to be one of the more treacherous patches of the transition.
Conjoined twin dies after separation
Faith was breathing for Hope. So when the newborn conjoined Williams twins were separated, it turned out that Hope couldn't live without her sister.
Conservatives form rival to Episcopal Church
Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination.
‘Sound of Music' hotel hits sour note
The Austrian city of Salzburg has blocked plans to open a hotel in a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in "The Sound of Music" after protests by neighbors.
Obama teams scrutinize federal agencies
Obama teams review agencies in an attempt to minimize tension during the transition, but it creates anxiety among some Bush officials.
Feds halt plan to drill in Utah canyons
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced it is pulling auction parcels from an expanded oil-and-gas leasing program in Utah, including tracts inside Nine Mile Canyon and Desolation Canyon.
Victim's kin sue in Wal-Mart stampede death
The family of a New York man who was trampled to death the day after Thanksgiving by a stampede of bargain hunting Wal-Mart shoppers has filed a wrongful death lawsuit.
World's oldest pot stash totally busted
Nearly two pounds of still-green plant material found in a 2,700-year-old grave in the Gobi Desert has just been identified as the world's oldest marijuana stash, according to a paper in the latest issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany.
Harvard endowment loses $8 billion
Harvard University says its endowment has tumbled $8 billion in the four months since the end of the last fiscal year.
China forces AIDS activist to return home
A Chinese AIDS activist said Wednesday that she was forcibly taken back to her rural home after participating in World AIDS Day in Beijing.
