Police Seek Suspect in Wal-Mart Death

Police are reviewing surveillance videos of a post-Thanksgiving shopper stampede that trampled a suburban Wal-Mart worker to death

More Than Just Cookies: Rethinking the Girl Scouts

The organization is streamlining its programs in an attempt to stay hip and relevant. It's not just cookies anymore; it's about "journeys"

• The Boy Scouts' Free-Speech Fight

Birmingham Mayor Arrested on Federal Charges

Larry Langford, a player in a multibillion dollar sewer bond deal that drove the surrounding county to near bankruptcy, was arrested on federal criminal charges

Ex-Kilpatrick Aide Pleads guilty in Detroit Scandal

The woman whose relationship with former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall fought tears Monday as she pleaded guilty and admitted to lying under oath

Obama To Name Clinton, Holder, Napolitano, Rice

President-elect Barack Obama plans to announce longtime advisers and political foes alike as his picks for top administration jobs at a Monday news conference

Swampland

The Press and Obama: Better Questions, Please

Watching the Obama rollout of his national security team from overseas — I'm in Europe, on my way to Afghanistan — I was struck by the inanity of most of the questions from my colleagues.

Real Clear Politics

Rejected Absentee Ballots Won't Be Counted

The Minnesota State Canvassing Board rejected today the Al Franken campaign's request that rejected absentee ballots be included in the recount, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.