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Democratic leaders seek to resolve dispute as Burris fails to capture Obama's old Senate seat

Israel said Wednesday it may expel Venezuela's top diplomat from the country in a tit-for-tat gesture after the South american nation ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave over the increasingly bloody ground war in Gaza.

President-elect Barack Obama's reported choice for surgeon general, CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, could bring a dose of star power to a job that hasn't had that much clout in decades. Gupta doesn't just play a doctor on TV, he's a neurosurgeon who...

Two suspects in the December gang rape of a Richmond lesbian were arraigned in Contra Costa Superior Court Tuesday on charges of sexual assault, carjacking, kidnapping and committing a hate crime. Suspects Josue Gonzalez, 21, and Humberto Hernandez Salvador,...

A South Bay man has been sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison for an unusual bank robbery: Instead of going to a bank to steal cash, he ordered a Santa Clara teller to deliver it. Roger Bao Doanh Ly of Sunnyvale is to surrender Monday to begin...

As Coleman contests a recount that gave Franken the win, the people throw up their hands. The process, they say, isn't funny anymore

Gaza campaign enters 12th day as israel considers peace plan put forth by France and Egypt

Ukraine says Russia stopped all natural gas deliveries to Europe in gas row

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has said there will not be a war with India over November's militant attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, Der Spiegel reported. Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha told the German magazine in an interview terrorism, not India, was Pakistan's enemy, and he said he took orders from the civilian president.

House and Senate leaders marked the first day of the 111th Congress by preaching bipartisanship Tuesday and promising to start ...