A purported message from al Qaeda's deputy leader posted on Islamist Web sites on Wednesday told President-elect Barack Obama that "a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you." pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yFhvzs"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yFhvzs" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=LNNtN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=LNNtN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HNNXN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=HNNXN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=mfGcn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=mfGcn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=EG6jN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=EG6jN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xiHjn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xiHjn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458419905" height="1" width="1"/

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook coastal Panama early Wednesday, near the border with Costa Rica, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=R77weU"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=R77weU" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=8wwvN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=8wwvN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QodlN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QodlN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=hedxn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=hedxn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=OlbVN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=OlbVN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=vJYGn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=vJYGn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458406973" height="1" width="1"/

A suspected U.S. missile strike in northwestern Pakistan left five dead and seven wounded early Wednesday, a local official said. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IMEnyM"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=IMEnyM" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=v8IGN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=v8IGN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=lgWZN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=lgWZN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VLjUn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VLjUn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=hVZyN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=hVZyN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=92KYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=92KYn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458301321" height="1" width="1"/

Medical experts hailed a "milestone in medicine" Wednesday as they announced the successful transplant of a human windpipe engineered with the patient's own stem cells. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=DMzOPw"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=DMzOPw" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=99DqN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=99DqN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=XlvSN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=XlvSN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=uXTEn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=uXTEn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=cVz4N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=cVz4N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=IU4En"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=IU4En" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458229358" height="1" width="1"/

An Indian warship has exchanged fire with a pirate "mother vessel" off the hijacking-plagued Horn of Africa, leaving the ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden, an official said Wednesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Cqkca3"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Cqkca3" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=wuKdN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=wuKdN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=MY1BN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=MY1BN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yvm5n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yvm5n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=GNRNN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=GNRNN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HZ8An"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=HZ8An" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458229359" height="1" width="1"/

Read full story for latest details. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=71zeLk"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=71zeLk" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=bryhN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=bryhN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QUduN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QUduN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=6mrln"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=6mrln" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=phHaN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=phHaN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xMDTn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xMDTn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458190517" height="1" width="1"/

Read full story for latest details. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=72TCPh"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=72TCPh" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=HVuYN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=HVuYN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Ct6HN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Ct6HN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Xiuqn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Xiuqn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=RYIXN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=RYIXN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=21Gon"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=21Gon" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458162522" height="1" width="1"/

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker convicted on felony corruption charges in October, was defeated in his bid for re-election by Democrat Mark Begich, according to a release from Begich's campaign and unofficial results from state officials. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=43E9bW"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=43E9bW" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=owhRN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=owhRN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ZC0zN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ZC0zN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=pUdYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=pUdYn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Cg5NN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Cg5NN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=LDmrn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=LDmrn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457895250" height="1" width="1"/

The heads of Detroit's car companies -- Ford, Chrysler, GM -- bumper to bumper, are begging Congress for a bailout. Let's start by cutting through the bull and look at how the automobile companies got into this mess. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VUb2oQ"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VUb2oQ" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=L63gN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=L63gN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=aHUNN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=aHUNN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=8r6hn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=8r6hn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=UGSYN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=UGSYN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=fKt3n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=fKt3n" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457908265" height="1" width="1"/

Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman managed to keep his Senate committee chairmanship in part because President-elect Barack Obama didn't want to punish him for supporting Sen. John McCain, Lieberman said today. The Senate Democratic caucus, following a heated debate, voted 42-13 to let Lieberman continue chairing the Senate Homeland Security Committee. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=08SSF3"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=08SSF3" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=RNNEN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=RNNEN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=t85CN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=t85CN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0aoGn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=0aoGn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=OQZlN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=OQZlN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=TBMYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=TBMYn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457814326" height="1" width="1"/

It was heartwarming, in a way, to see Sen. John McCain and President-elect Barack Obama together the other day. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ABDFcN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ABDFcN" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=R21kN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=R21kN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=3W4JN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=3W4JN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=f08Sn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=f08Sn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=3QQHN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=3QQHN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=cv1Un"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=cv1Un" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457792227" height="1" width="1"/

Things didn't go quite according to plan for astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper during her spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=QSz4qR"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=QSz4qR" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=T07UN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=T07UN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=TvUYN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=TvUYN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=brl9n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=brl9n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=DKJRN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=DKJRN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=dcr1n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=dcr1n" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457725532" height="1" width="1"/

Former Clinton Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder is President-elect Barack Obama's choice for the position of attorney general, according to two prominent Democrats involved in transition matters. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=b1y3BI"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=b1y3BI" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=6RNaN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=6RNaN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=BnC4N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=BnC4N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=SUDxn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=SUDxn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xIL9N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xIL9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=JcHfn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=JcHfn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457792226" height="1" width="1"/

An 8-year-old Arizona boy suspected in the deaths of his father and another man told police he found the two men dead upon arriving home from school, according to a portion of a videotaped interview released Tuesday by authorities. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=LzLW3s"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=LzLW3s" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=2EBgN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=2EBgN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yhu4N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yhu4N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=FXT2n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=FXT2n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=fOKPN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=fOKPN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yZOUn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yZOUn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457725531" height="1" width="1"/

The popular herb ginkgo biloba does not reduce the risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, according to a study of more than 1,500 elderly patients who took the supplement. Often touted as a way to preserve aging memories, no large-scale, randomized clinical trial -- until now -- has thoroughly evaluated the safety and effectiveness of ginkgo biloba extract as a way to prevent dementia. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=t4i2Un"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=t4i2Un" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=UAKMN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=UAKMN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=B8wgN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=B8wgN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=C7pan"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=C7pan" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=daLWN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=daLWN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=JN9Nn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=JN9Nn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458119928" height="1" width="1"/

A man who was detained during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 and declared dead in 1995 showed up in his old hometown very much alive last week, a human rights group in Santiago has announced. An immediate investigation has been launched to determine whether the former political prisoner may have violated the law. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=8IGjpy"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=8IGjpy" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=SHgFN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=SHgFN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=bt8yN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=bt8yN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=SaDun"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=SaDun" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=9oO4N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=9oO4N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=qfBin"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=qfBin" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/458066117" height="1" width="1"/

Drew Peterson has met with a prominent divorce attorney more than a year after his wife, Stacy, disappeared, his lawyer confirmed to CNN on Tuesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=EUJ4m1"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=EUJ4m1" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zEzpN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=zEzpN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VlSeN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VlSeN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ln6Bn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ln6Bn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=wxUdN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=wxUdN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ujAgn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ujAgn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457702627" height="1" width="1"/

Sen. Chris Dodd dressed down auto executives at a hearing today, calling them short sighted and unimaginative, as the industry seeks $25 billion of taxpayer money to ward off bankruptcy, CNNMoney reports. "They have promoted and often driven the demand of inefficient, gas guzzling vehicles, and dismissed the threat of global warming," Dodd said. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xjlnUv"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xjlnUv" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yM6RN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yM6RN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=d1CqN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=d1CqN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=U1kvn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=U1kvn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=myk9N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=myk9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=yOCvn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=yOCvn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457604557" height="1" width="1"/

In the early 1970s, when we were the first black-and-white comedy team in the history of show business -- and the last -- we had a routine in which Tom would interview Tim, who had just been elected the first black president of the United States. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=RSKRy2"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=RSKRy2" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Ub6tN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Ub6tN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=4lumN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=4lumN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=wvS3n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=wvS3n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=YX0JN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=YX0JN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=4hEpn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=4hEpn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457629877" height="1" width="1"/

Two weeks after losing his bid for the presidency in an electoral landslide, Sen. John McCain is beginning the thorny transition back to life out of the spotlight as he weighs his future role in the Senate. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=uPra4T"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=uPra4T" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=0MJpN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=0MJpN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=xmzKN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=xmzKN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=bLdmn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=bLdmn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=r62IN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=r62IN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VPqRn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VPqRn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457569392" height="1" width="1"/

Almost 700,000 U.S. children lived in households that struggled to put food on the table at some point in 2007, the highest number since 1998, according to a federal report. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=3wwroU"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=3wwroU" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=9IQ6N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=9IQ6N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=AHi1N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=AHi1N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=SXK0n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=SXK0n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=2MCKN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=2MCKN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=YVwYn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=YVwYn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457755756" height="1" width="1"/

The survival of several hundred rare gorillas is threatened by rebel fighters who have taken over the animals' sanctuary, a spokeswoman for the Virunga National Park said Tuesday. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=JbuY7V"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=JbuY7V" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=cSHWN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=cSHWN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=mEAwN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=mEAwN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ucwdn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ucwdn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=urqON"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=urqON" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=thogn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=thogn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457679395" height="1" width="1"/

With its glassy touch screen, powerful graphics, crisp sound and tilt feature, the iPhone is more than a smart phone for some users -- it's a portable entertainment system. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ONie7Q"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ONie7Q" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=zFbaN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=zFbaN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=MbuPN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=MbuPN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=VMQ5n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=VMQ5n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=TXcRN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=TXcRN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=XaWUn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=XaWUn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457424605" height="1" width="1"/

More than a week after voters in California, Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people across the country protested the bans in simultaneous rallies Saturday. In California, Proposition 8 overturned a May ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down a 2000 ban on same-sex unions. It passed 52.5 percent to 47.5 percent. CNN's D.L. Hughley spoke to sex columnist Dan Savage about the ongoing battle to legalize same-sex marriage in California. Savage is the author of the popular syndicated sex advice column "Savage Love." pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Suu0p1"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Suu0p1" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=MNZON"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=MNZON" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=NSslN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=NSslN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=Xo8Vn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=Xo8Vn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=U43pN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=U43pN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=wr9jn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=wr9jn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457405786" height="1" width="1"/

Thomas Beatie, known as "the pregnant man," was interviewed Monday by CNN's Larry King. Joining Thomas was his wife, Nancy. Thomas gave birth in July to the couple's first child, Susan, and now they're expecting again. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?a=CM9YXN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_topstories?i=CM9YXN" border="0"/img/a/pdiv a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=sTwsN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=sTwsN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=FV6SN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=FV6SN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ZT3Un"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ZT3Un" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=ZIMsN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=ZIMsN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?a=4EZWn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_topstories?i=4EZWn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~4/457405787" height="1" width="1"/