Obama cabinet would include Chuck Hagel as SecDef

Obama is hoping to appoint cross-party figures to his cabinet such as Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator for Nebraska and an opponent of the Iraq war, and Richard Lugar, leader of the Republicans on the Senate foreign relations committee.

Economy - Friday (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The mortgage crisis and overall credit crunch will likely cut GDP growth by 1.3 percentage points in the next year, according to a study by several top economists at a Univ. of Chicago forum. Banks are expected to tighten credit further as home loan losses swell to $400 bil -- $250 bil more than previously seen. The report urged banks to cut dividends to preserve capital. Presenters included Jan Hatzius of Goldman Sachs, Anil Kashyap of the Chicago Fed and Hyun Song Shin of Princeton Univ.

Obama wins on civil liberties

NY Times editorial says our privacy rights not as big a priority for Clinton

Israel Minister Warns Palestinians of "Holocaust"

Israeli Deputy Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said on Friday the Palestinians would bring on themselves what he termed a bigger holocaust by stepping up rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza.

Answer Desk: A hostile takeover playbook

If Microsoft has the cash to buy rival Yahoo, why can’t it just call up a stock broker and? buy? all of Yahoo's stock? The Answer Desk, by msnbc.com's John W. Schoen.

Bill Clinton on "the person who wants you to hope"

In 2004, Bill Clinton described "one of Clinton's laws of politics": "If one candidate's trying to scare you, and the other one's trying to get you to think; if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes; you'd better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

McCain's Lobbyist's Plane Flew Saudis Out of US After 9/11

Small world, isn't it. And this is the first article I've read that lets me know that Paxon Communications is a Christian broadcaster?