Leon Panetta: Water-boarding is torture - Los Angeles Times

The nominee to head the CIA forcefully denounces the interrogation technique during a Senate confirmation hearing. Panetta could be confirmed as early as this week.

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President Obama promises 'hope over fear'

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Biden shushes wife after secretary of state slip

The wife of Vice President-elect Joe Biden let it slip to Oprah Winfrey Monday that her husband had a pick of two jobs in the Obama administration.

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Israeli ground forces launch Gaza invasion

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Police: 1981 killing of Adam Walsh solved

A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who decapitated the 6-year-old son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh in 1981, Florida police said Tuesday.

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'I have never seen anything like this'

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Fact check: Candidates again twist truth

Facts went astray once again before a large national audience when Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain engaged in their final presidential debate on Wednesday.

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Suit against God tossed over lack of address

A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address.

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U.S. leads global economy into sharp decline

The world economy will slow sharply this year and next, with the United States likely sliding into recession reflecting mounting damage from the most dangerous financial jolt in more than a half-century.

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Economists getting gloomier about outlook

A group of prominent business economists released its latest forecast Monday, predicting economy growth will virtually grind to a halt in the fourth quarter.

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McCain: End 'the constant partisan rancor'

John McCain accepts the Republican presidential nomination with a dual message: Barack Obama did not have the judgment to govern, whereas he himself could reach across party divisions.

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