Dems: Napolitano emerges for Homeland Security job
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President-elect Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to be secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of Obama's Cabinet begins to emerge....

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....

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....

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....

Hillary Clinton weighing secretary of state post
CHICAGO (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of most donors to his presidential foundation and library, a significant concession aimed at helping smooth the path for his wife to become the next secretary of state....

McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri - the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election....

Ga. Democrat gets campaign help from Bill Clinton
ATLANTA (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday appealed to Georgians to send Democrat Jim Martin to Washington arguing the state's hotly contested Senate runoff must provide a "bridge not a firewall" to the progress promised by President-elect Barack Obama....

Beau Biden will not accept Senate appointment
DOVER, Del. (AP) -- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden says he plans to fulfill his National Guard duties and won't accept an appointment to his father's U.S. Senate seat....