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Nuclear's Comeback: Still No Energy Panacea

Cataloguing key events for the week of January 2, 2009

This year, nearly 700 men, women and children are expected to enjoy a chilly dip, with as many as 3,000 less courageous souls watching from the shore

The soon to be First Golfer isn't exactly the best golfer. On vacation in Hawaii, Obama shows off his game. Still, it's better than his bowling

Facebook's War on Nipples

New Defense Department plans to train troops to respond to everything from hurricanes to a terrorist attack are stirring a debate

Despite warnings from Harry Reid, the embattled Illinois governor exercises his right to name a successor to Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate

A very public vacation day for the President-elect becomes a security problem when the lights go out in Honolulu and practically all of Oahu

A California court has come down against what it believes is an example of lawsuit abuse

Michael Madigan is used to getting his way in Illinois. But with the national spotlight on both him and his attorney general daughter, an emerging state political dynasty is finding that the Blagojevich scandal can be a tough road to navigate

Major Power Outage in Honolulu as Obama Visits

Three new studies show the cost of the Administration's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has been far higher than the White House predicted

While Christmas eve services are more popular than ever, Americans tend to stay home the next day

Forty years ago this season, American astronauts orbited the moon for the first time, offering a moment of optimism at the end of a long, grim year

The Lone Star State is still the country's bastion of capital punishment but there may be a shift in the prevailing cultural winds

As California's Attorney General, the politician with multiple lives was expected to defend the ban on gay marriage. Well, surprise but no surprise

Though they only won a mixed ruling, prosecutors showed that they could successfully use informants to infiltrate and convict terror suspects

Barack and Michelle Obama will move in to the White House with two young daughters. When was the last time a President brought a son to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, anyway?

Freecycle.org started as an online community geared at eliminating unneeded excess waste. But in hard economic times, it's also becoming a way to get the basics

While Blair's brief stint at the CIA during the Clinton Administration didn't turn him into a seasoned intelligence operative, he's at least seen the belly of the whale from the inside

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is going to fight hard to hold onto his job and freedom with help from veteran Chicago defense lawyer Edward Genson

Volunteering is hip. The widening gap between civil and military service is not. But at today's elite universities, the ROTC debate may have reached a tipping point

In selecting the Chicago Public Schools CEO for his Education Secretary, Obama chooses a reformer who is also a consensus builder

In a state that the local head of the FBI called one of the nation's most corrupt, the disgraced governor's possible replacement is considered something of a Goody Two-Shoes

She has thrown her hat into the ring for Hillary Clinton's seat. But some family friends are skeptical that the job would suit her

Colleges Learn to Navigate the Credit Crunch

John Harris, the governor's co-defendant and chief of staff, provides a link to the Chicago mayor that could come back to haunt him

In failing to reach an auto-bailout deal, Senate Republicans and Democrats have effectively handed the hot-button issue to the person they believe should have dealt with it in the first place: President George W. Bush