Moving Out But Staying Married - 1 - MSN Relationships - article

Jean Morgan didn't want a divorce, just her own bed, her own room, a new key to her old self. It was a risky decision, one that could potentially undo her 23-year-old marriage — or deepen it.

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Obama rejects Bush era, seeks to reclaim values

Barack Obama's Inaugural Address was a stark repudiation of the era of George W. Bush and the ideological certainties that surrounded it.

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Obama halts all regulations pending review

One of President Barack Obama's first acts is to order federal agencies to halt all pending regulations until his administration can review them.

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Kids overworked? Join the less-homework revolution

Are your previously enthusiastic children repeatedly whining about being overworked? Find out how fed-up parents are changing the way schools think - and how you can, too.

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Palin attacks media over 'very scary' reporting

Sarah Palin, still smarting over coverage of her vice presidential run, calls the media's reporting on her family "very scary".

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Coleman dealt another setback in Minn. race

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.

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Thousands in Lebanon protest Gaza assault

Tens of thousands of Lebanese Hezbollah supporters stood under pouring rain Monday to protest Israel's air assault on the Gaza Strip, now into its third day.

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Israeli minister vows 'war to the bitter end'

Israel obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of what the defense minister described Monday as a "war to the bitter end."

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White House blames Hamas for violence

The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on the militant Hamas further complicates President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace - something that eluded both the Bush and Clinton administrations.

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Banned Snowzilla returns - bigger than ever

A ?giant snowman named Snowzilla has mysteriously appeared again this year - despite a city's cease-and-desist order.

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Woman accused of trying to sell 'gothic kittens'

Humane officers said a Pennsylvania woman marketed "gothic kittens" with ear, neck and tail piercings over the Internet. Officers with the SPCA of Luzerne County removed three kittens and a cat from a home outside Wilkes-Barre.

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N.Y. governor not laughing at 'SNL' skit

A "Saturday Night Live" skit portraying New York's blind governor as a bumbling leader didn't get a laugh from Gov. David Paterson.

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Contempt in L.A. after Simpson's sentencing

In the city where O.J. Simpson walked free in one of the most celebrated murder trials of the last century, people said that justice - delayed for more than a decade - was finally served.

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GOP's Chambliss wins Ga. Senate runoff

The GOP's Sen. Saxby Chambliss won the Georgia Senate runoff? Tuesday over Democrat Jim Martin in a race that attracted light voter turnout despite the contest's high stakes.

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Obama names Clinton to top role in his team

President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions.

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Franken, Coleman race heads for recount

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Could voting meltdown history repeat itself?

In 2000, the presidential election was marred by hanging chads in Florida. Four years later, it was malfunctioning machines in Ohio.

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Obama: McCain would keep economy in a ditch

Republican presidential candidate John McCain seized on reports of record oil company profits Thursday to criticize Democratic rival Barack Obama for favoring tax breaks for the oil industry.

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Todd: Can McCain close?

Some folks will view the latest polling memo from McCain's pollster as nothing more than rose-colored spin to prop up Republicans before Election Day. But you'd be a fool to dismiss it out of hand.

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Barack Obama has a trump card

Will Barack Obama play the Sarah Palin card? It's no longer the risk Democrats once believed. And it might be his best chance to dampen a late-breaking GOP surge.

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AP poll: Candidates running nearly even

The presidential race tightened after the final debate, with John McCain gaining among whites and people earning less than $50,000, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows McCain and Barack Obama essentially running even among likely voters in the election homestretc …

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Ohio plumber becomes focus of debate

Who is Joe the Plumber? He's Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the middle class in Wednesday night's presidential debate.

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Iran interfering in U.S.-Iraq pact, general says

The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq says reports suggest Iran has attempted to derail a bilateral agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the end of this year.

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Parties wage war over voter fraud, intimidation

Republicans say Democrats and their allies are trying to subvert the voter registration system with an avalanche of inaccurate or fraudulent new voter registrations. But Democrats charge Republicans are trying to deter would-be voters.

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Ethics investigation finds Palin abused power

Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday.

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