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Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a new front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with a bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 700 people.

The U.S. Navy says one of its commanders will lead a new international force to battle pirates off the coast of Somalia.

Egypt’s U.N. Ambassador said Wednesday that representatives of Israel, the Palestinians and Hamas have agreed to meet for talks brokered by Egypt in Cairo.

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday urged reprisals against American forces in Iraq to protest Israel’s Gaza offensive, as Arab anger grows over civilian deaths in the Palestinian territory.

A federal judge ordered an Alabama sheriff locked up in his own jail Wednesday after holding him in contempt for failing to adequately feed inmates while profiting from the skimpy meals.

The U.S. Army said that 7,000 family members of soldiers killed in the Iraq or Afghan wars mistakenly were sent letters addressing them as “John Doe.”

The tab for a toxin-laden ash flood at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, and ratepayers for the nation’s largest public utility will probably be stuck with the bill.

The radiant Queen Latifah lit up the People’s Choice Awards with her golden locks and energetic personality, making her the Queen Bee of the night. But even she couldn’t dim the power of “The Dark Knight.”

Hard to believe a giant, pink lizard could be overlooked for almost two centuries. But scientists now have documented a new species, the iguana “rosada,” (pink in Spanish) in the Galapagos Islands.

Israeli airstrikes and Hamas rockets resumed after a brief pause to allow food and fuel to reach Palestinian civilians in Gaza, where an Israeli warplane dropped leaflets urging some residents to flee because of imminent attacks.

Citgo, the Venezuelan government’s U.S.-based oil subsidiary, is reversing course and will continue shipments of heating oil to poor families in the United States.

The U.S. federal budget deficit will hit an unparalleled $1.2 trillion for the 2009 budget year, according to a Capitol Hill aide briefed on new Congressional Budget Office figures.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday that the nation’s recession could “linger for years” unless Congress acts to pump unprecedented sums from Washington into the U.S. economy, making his highest-profile case yet on an issue certain to define his early presidency.

AP - Retailers are reporting dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades.

Rocket barrage from Lebanon strikes northern Israel.

In speech today Obama will rally for support on stimulus package.

Illinois lawmakers to grill Burris about Senate appointment from Blagojevich.

Illinois lawmakers plan to grill Burris about accepting Senate appointment from Blagojevich

Rocket barrage from Lebanon strikes northern Israel.

AP - Israel says it will halt its military action in Gaza for three hours to allow Gaza residents to stock up on supplies.

AP - Illinois Republicans are promising tough questions Thursday for Senate-appointee Roland Burris on why he accepted a position offered by disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich and whether he promised the governor anything in return.

Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

An 82-year-old man who slipped and fell in the bathtub of his Salt Lake City home says he was trapped there for five days.

The search for the remains of a Jersey City baby apparently thrown in the trash by a hospital has moved to Kentucky, but police fear the corpse has already been incinerated.

Police are questioning the Army husband of a missing Missouri mother and said they suspect foul play in her disappearance.

Pin-up art, a morale-booster for troops fighting overseas during World War II, is making a comeback — or will be, if a California woman has anything to say about it.

Sheriff Craig Murphy would not say exactly where the home is or how it might be connected to the disappearance of Adam Herrman in 1999.

Lebanese militants have fired at least three rockets into northern Israel, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushes forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting police to go door-to-door ordering residents to flee one neighborhood.

Rocket barrage from Lebanon strikes northern Israel, threatening to open a second front in war

Pakistan fired the national security adviser hours after Indian media quoted him as saying the surviving Mumbai attacker was Pakistani.

Lawmakers to question Burris about why he accepted a position from Blagojevich, if he promised anything in return

U.S. job losses in December could be the worst in almost 60 years as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country’s economic and financial storms.

As many as five rockets fired from Lebanon exploded in northern Israel on Thursday, the first since the Jewish state launched an offensive in Gaza two weeks ago, prompting Israel to return fire.

A New York doctor who gave his wife a kidney is suing her for $1.5 million — or the return of the vital organ — after he says she cheated on him with a physical therapist.

Hundreds of Shiite men struck the heads of boys with daggers in an annual ritual to mark the death of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson at the 7th century battle of Kerbala, Reuters reports.

Pink slip pile higher as companies slash costs to cope with recession

AP - Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza militants fired a rocket barrage into southern Israel almost simultaneously.

AP - Pink slips are piling higher as companies scramble to cut costs even deeper to survive the country’s economic and financial storms.

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday urged reprisals against American forces in Iraq to protest Israel’s Gaza offensive, as Arab anger grows over civilian deaths in the Palestinian territory.

Mexico unveils emergency measures to protect its economy, including freezing fuel prices and creating thousands of new jobs.

The tab for a toxin-laden ash flood at a coal-fired power plant in Tennessee could reach hundreds of millions of dollars, and ratepayers for the nation’s largest public utility will probably be stuck with the bill.

Wind-driven wildfires swept across Boulder County grasslands Wednesday, destroying at least four structures and prompting police to go door-to-door ordering residents to flee one neighborhood.

Major bridges into the nation’s capital to be closed on Inauguration Day.

Obama had spoken to Harry Reid on the need to find a solution to the dispute.

The federal budget deficit will reach $1.2T this year, by far the biggest ever.

Melting snow threatens record flooding in parts of Wash. state.

Israel tentatively welcomed a proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and briefly halted its offensive to allow aid to reach civilians, but also gave the military a green light to press ahead with its assault on Hamas.

New deal could allow Roland Burris to take the Illinois Senate seat.

Major bridges into the nation’s capital to be closed on Inauguration Day.