President-elect Barack Obama's selection of an old White House hand to head the CIA shows a preference for a strong manager over an intelligence expert.

The disputed Senate race in Minnesota could remain in limbo for months.

Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine says he decided to take the chairmanship of the Democratic Party after a strong push from President-elect Barack Obama, and only after Obama agreed to let him do it part time the first year.

Vice President-elect Joe Biden is heading to Southwest Asia on a congressional trip.

A Minnesota board has certified results showing Democrat Al Franken winning the state's U.S. Senate recount over Republican Norm Coleman, but a legal challenge probably will keep the race in limbo.

Retired Admiral Dennis Blair is Barack Obama's choice to be director of national intelligence.

The Minnesota Supreme Court has rejected Republican Norm Coleman's request to count an additional 650 rejected absentee ballots in the state's U.S. Senate recount.

President-elect Barack Obama wants the dean at his alma mater, Harvard Law School, to represent the United States before the Supreme Court, and he also has picked an Indiana professor for a top Justice Department position.

Mourners are gathering in a line that stretches around the block for the funeral in Rhode Island of former Sen. Claiborne Pell.

First lady Laura Bush has sealed a deal with Scribner to publish her memoir.