Gates: Military looks to accelerate Iraq pullout

Defense Secretary Robert Gates signals he'll forge ahead with two priorities for the Obama administration: accelerating withdrawal from Iraq and shutting down the Guantanamo Bay detention center.

Soldiers choose war over bleak economy

Ga. runoff could decide balance of power

Georgia voters had their hands on the balance of power in the next U.S. Senate in a runoff election Tuesday, one of two unresolved races that Democrats need to win to get a 60-seat majority.

Obama has bipartisan economy pledge for govs

Stocks close strong after Monday's plunge

In a session that showed more indecision than conviction, the stock market rebounded from the previous day’s massive decline. The Dow Jones industrials rose 270 points.

GM: We need $12 billion to survive

Wilbon: Oh, what a great playoff this could have been

If the people who run college football had a speck of daring and imagination, we could be on the verge of watching eight really good teams, including Texas and Oklahoma, settle on the field the issue of who is best in college football. Instead we wait for a poll that tells us it's just fine for a team to be ranked ahead of a team with an identical record that it lost to on a neutral field.

Texas may still be No. 1 — in eyes of AP poll

Celebrities to flock to Obama inauguration

The Super Bowl?  The Oscars? Who cares? The biggest star-studded event on the horizon is President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration.

Non-sports fans will cheer for these films

Brand-name drugs no better than generics

There is no evidence that brand-name drugs given to treat heart and other cardiovascular conditions work any better than their cheaper generic counterparts, U.S. researchers said.

New doctors still too tired for safety

Best PSP games of 2008

Three years after its release, and the PSP is still lacking games — most people use it to watch movies on the go. But a nice mix of sports, arcade, shoot-‘em-ups, creative and traditional titles have made their way to the handheld this year.

The 11 lamest blogs on the Internet

Good to go: Travel gifts for tight budgets

Unless you’re the sort who regularly shops Neiman Marcus’ Christmas Book, this is probably not the year to go hog wild on the holiday shopping.

Airliner lands with shattered windshield