Gov't: AG doing better after collapse
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey was feeling better Friday after collapsing during a speech, his spokeswoman said....

Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency....

Disputed Senate ballots hold key to Minn. win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A recount watchdog for Norm Coleman flagged a ballot because the voter put a check next to Al Franken's name instead of blacking in the oval. A Franken monitor challenged an apparent vote for Coleman because Franken's name was also marked. And representatives of both men invoked challenges because of marks elsewhere on the ballot that could make them identifiable....

Politics' next step? Donations go high text
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a 2008 Super Bowl ad, NFL golden boy Tom Brady asked nearly 100 million viewers to text "FIT" to donate $5 to the United Way. About 25,000 people responded, raising $10,000....

Automakers need to make case for government aid
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Detroit's embattled automakers have two weeks to show a skeptical Congress how a multibillion-dollar lifeline will help them keep the industry from imploding....

Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Fla.
MIAMI (AP) -- More Floridians voted for John McCain than Barack Obama on Election Day, but the Democrat sealed his victory in the state by winning more early and absentee votes....

Obama is 1st Columbia graduate to become president
WASHINGTON (AP) -- It's taken two and a half centuries but Columbia College, one of the oldest in the nation, finally will have one of its alumni in the Oval Office....

Palin pardons turkey while others slaughtered
WASILLA, Alaska (AP) -- Gov. Sarah Palin has granted the traditional Thanksgiving pardon to one lucky turkey, but the video that shocked some viewers captured what was happening in the background....

Ted Stevens' fall points to political shift
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's incoming senator is bullish on gun rights, wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling and believes less government is better. And he's a Democrat....

On Capitol Hill, campaign rivals take orientation
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In two undecided open-seat House races, both candidates are playing Congress member-elect this week....