Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is planning to expand the number of foreigners it recruits into the military in yet another effort to make up for chronic shortages of doctors, nurses and linguists available for wartime duty.

WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama and his aides are determined not to repeat the mistakes the Clinton administration made 15 years ago in trying to revamp the nation's health care system. Some of the lessons learned: Move fast, seize the momentum and don't let it go.

WASHINGTON - More than a year after the deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians, the Justice Department has indicted five Blackwater Worldwide security guards and is negotiating a plea deal with a sixth, according to people close to the case that strained U.S. diplomacy and rallied anti-American insurgents.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Although Oprah Winfrey worked hard on Barack Obama's presidential election campaign, she never considered going to work for the president-elect's administration, the talk show host said Friday.

DETROIT - Ball State fumbled away its perfect season. The 12th-ranked Cardinals coughed up the ball four times and Buffalo scored off each turnover, routing the previously unbeaten team 42-24 Friday night in the Mid-American Conference championship game.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats and the White House have reached agreement on emergency aid for U.S. automakers of between $15 billion and $17 billion, two senior congressional aides said on Friday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to create at least 2.5 million new jobs included the largest infrastructure investment since the 1950s and a huge effort to reduce U.S. government energy use.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers axed 533,000 jobs from payrolls in November, the most in 34 years, as the year-old recession hammered the economy and hardened calls for dramatic government action to restore growth.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials expect to announce criminal charges soon against Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Iraq last year that killed 17 civilians and strained U.S.-Iraqi relations, law enforcement sources said on Friday.

KOLKATA (Reuters) - Indian police said on Saturday that they had arrested two men who helped the Mumbai attackers get mobile phone cards they used to stay in touch during the three-day rampage.

BELGRADE (Reuters) - The office of Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said on Saturday authorities in the United States were investigating several people suspected of sending him death threats.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown branded the Zimbabwean government a "blood-stained regime" on Saturday and urged the international community to tell President Robert Mugabe "enough is enough."

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - More than a decade after O.J. Simpson stunned much of America by walking away from a murder trial a free man, the onetime football great known for unbridled speed was preparing to spend in prison what should have been the prime years of a superstar's retirement.

MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian police on Saturday questioned two men suspected of helping the militants who carried out the Mumbai attacks, amid reports of a home-grown terror link and fresh security jitters.

HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe came under fresh international pressure on Saturday over his country's economic collapse as his government announced plans to introduce a 200 million dollar bill.

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said on Saturday it would not recognise Japan as a member of upcoming six-nation nuclear disarmament talks because it refuses to provide its share of energy aid promised to Pyongyang.

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has mobilised a force of 100,000 to protect an estimated two million Muslim pilgrims starting the annual hajj on Saturday, amid fears of attack or deadly stampedes.

COLON, Panama (AFP) - A Russian warship on Saturday used the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, after participating in maneuvers with the Venezuelan fleet symbolizing Moscow's growing military presence in the region.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday vowed to make the largest investment in the country's infrastructure since the 1950s and bolster development of broadband Internet connections as part of his program to create 2.5 million new jobs.

WASHINGTON, (AFP) - US congressional Democratic leaders on Saturday lined up votes for a bailout for teetering Big Three automakers, after two days of testimony from industry bosses desperate for a government rescue.