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's seemingly endless U.S. Senate campaign drew to a finish on Tuesday as polls closed on the hotly contested race that will sway the balance of power in Washington.

Obama has bipartisan economy pledge for govs

GM: We need $12 billion to survive

General Motors said Tuesday it needs $4 billion in government loans this month and a total of $12 billion by late March to keep operating.

Stocks close strong after Monday's plunge

Season over: Burress fined, won't play this year

Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress is done for the year. The New York Giants fined and suspended Burress on Tuesday for four games — the rest of the regular season — after he accidentally shot himself in the right thigh over the weekend at a Manhattan nightclub. The team also placed him on the reserve non-football injury list, which means the wide receiver couldn’t come back for playoffs, either.

Police investigating cover-up in Burress case

Polanski requests dismissal of sex charge

Filmmaker Roman Polanski, a fugitive in Europe for the last 30 years, has filed a request in Los Angeles to have a child-sex charge against him dismissed.

Celebrities to flock to Obama inauguration

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