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Atty. Gen. Mukasey collapses during speech (AP)

In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 file photo, Attorney General Michael Mukasey addresses the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, at the University Club in Washington. Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night, Nov. 20, 2008 and was being taken to a hospital. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey was hospitalized but conscious and alert early Friday after collapsing during a late-night speech to a conservative legal group.


Obama plans to nominate Clinton for top diplomat (AP)

In a Jun 27, 2008 file photo Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., takes the stage with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., at a campaign event in Unity, N.H., President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola/file)AP - President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, a new milestone for the former first lady and a convergence of two political forces who fought hard for the presidency.


Politics' next step? Donations go high text (AP) 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.

Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, accompanied by Senate Majority Harry Reid of Nev. takes part in a news conference on the auto industry bailout, with fellow congressional leaders, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding their once-mighty industry.


Attorney general collapses (Politico) Politico - Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed Thursday night while giving a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington, according to three senior administration officials. 

Early, absentee voting pushed Obama to win in Fla. (AP) 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 (AP) 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 (AP)

Democrat Mark Begich talks about winning the U.S. Senate seat for Alaska against Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, during a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday Nov. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)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 (AP)

In this Nov. 27, 2006 file photo, Franklin County commissioner Mary Jo Kilroy is seen during a news conference in Columbus, Ohio. After the typical congressional campaign, the winner goes to Washington and the loser goes home. Not so with two undecided open-seat House races. Instead, both the eventual winners and the eventual losers from the contests in California and Ohio came to Washington this week for new-lawmaker orientation — though only one candidate from each race will ever get sworn in. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)AP - In two undecided open-seat House races, both candidates are playing Congress member-elect this week.


Sen. Clinton weighing secretary of state post (AP)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at a New York Public Transit Association conference in Albany on Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. Clinton said she would not comment on speculation that she may be selected to become secretary of state. (AP Photo/Tim Roske)AP - Associates of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday the former first lady is weighing whether to leave the Senate and become secretary of state in the Obama administration, a job they say she believes is hers if she wants it.