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In this file photo, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., huddles with then Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Chicago. President-elect Obama has chosen Emanual to be his White House chief of staff. (Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast / AP)

Obama's victory caps struggles of previous generations

Barack Obama's presidential victory is being hailed as a transformative event for the U.S. and the rest of the world. His win caps a decades-long civil rights struggle.

CNN

Obama moves America beyond racial politics

International Herald Tribune

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African-Americans rethink race issues

MSNBC

Around the globe, ready for change

From the front lines of Iraq to Paris, the election of Barack Obama opened a floodgate for hope that a new U.S. leader will redeem his promises of change.

International Herald Tribune

A President for the world

CBS News

Obama unveils transition team

The president-elect begins shaping his staff almost immediately by offering the job of chief of staff to Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.). He also intends to settle soon on a secretary of the treasury.

CBS News

Blog:

Obama to name Napolitano, Peña, Daley to transition team

ABC News

Special section:

Obama's White House

CNN

California voters approve constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

After a campaign that cost more than $75 million, Californians approved a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, dealing a blow to the gay rights movement.

San Jose Mercury News

Sci-fi giant Michael Crichton dies at 66

Wired

Russia to move missiles to Baltic

Russia will put short-range missiles in the Baltic to counter a U.S. defense shield in Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev said.

BBC

POLITICS

Hard choices and challenges follow triumph for the president-elect

After a victory of historic significance, Barack Obama inherits problems of historic proportions. He ran on a platform of change; now he must spell out exactly how.

MSNBC

Historic challenges await Obama

International Herald Tribune

Obama wins presidency, makes history

Barack Obama has won the 2008 presidential election and will become the 44th president of the United States and the country's first African-American leader.

CBS News

Obama's victory speech

MSNBC

MORE POLITICS

Four Senate races still undecided

With four U.S. Senate races yet to be decided, Democrats hope to further expand their majority in the new Congress and act quickly with President-elect Barack Obama.

Reuters

In Congress, a Democratic wave

Obama's victory and Democratic gains in the House and Senate led Democrats to their strongest governing position since the post-Watergate election in 1976.

USA Today

Senate race 100% counted: Coleman up; recount coming

Star Tribune

MORE ELECTION COVERAGE

Voter turnout best in generations

Voters cast their ballots in numbers not seen in at least 40 years, as millions of Americans picked their president early and waited in long lines.

TIME

In defeat, McCain offers graceful end

John McCain ended his campaign as he began it: on his own terms, in front of a relatively modest crowd.

TIME

For the Republicans, it could have been worse

TIME

McCain Concedes

MSNBC

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Could this be the end of the satire-entertainment complex?

For the past eight years, Jon Stewart, Tina Fey and other comedians have had us laughing through our tears. Now that Obama has won, will the laughter die?

Salon.com

Fey's fans skewer those im-Palin Tina

Tina Fey fans weigh in on her impersonation of the vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

NY Daily News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Obama win propelled by Internet

The election of Obama crowned a probable two-year climb that owes much of its success to his command of the Internet as a fundraising and organizing tool.

Wired

FCC expands use of airwaves

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved rules allowing new broadband devices to operate in unused portions of the television frequencies.

PC World

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Religion used to divide, mock in '08

Scholars and religious leaders are using terms like "new low" and "embarrassing" to describe how religious beliefs were distorted and picked over.

Kansas City Star

Vatican: May God help Obama bring peace to the world

The Vatican said it hoped President-elect Barack Obama will work to promote peace and justice in the world.

Star Tribune

EDUCATION

A 'Mother on Fire' for public school

Los Angeles performance artist Sandra Tsing Loh helped lead a rally to the California state capitol for more school funding and eventually started an organization called Burning Moms.

USA Today

Preschoolers with parent at war are more aggressive, study finds

Preschoolers with a parent away at war were more likely to show aggression than other young children in military families, according to research.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

Time for a change

Economist

Column:

Why Barack Obama won

BBC

Column:

Obama's victory signals new America

TIME

Editorial:

America's next president

International Herald Tribune

Column (Jon Carroll):

Oh dear, I'm liberal

San Francisco Chronicle

Column (Debra Saunders):

In with the new

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial:

Another thumb on the scales

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Obama's big win, and big embrace

Christian Science Monitor

Column:

Turning points led to McCain's defeat

CNN

Blog (Jeffrey Goldberg):

On electing an African-American president

Atlantic Online

Column (Christopher Beam):

Rebuilding the McCain brand

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Companies give free food for voting

Americans picked their new president, along with some free election coffee and ice cream to boot.

HappyNews.com

Nonprofit organization finds homes for injured racehorses

Allie Conrad and 30 volunteers rescue and rehabilitate run-down and injured racehorses and find them new, safe homes.

Baltimore Sun

NATION

Sierras get snow, ski areas gear up

A storm dropped as much as 15 inches of snow in the Sierra Nevada, hastening the start of ski season, but bogging down traffic on mountain highways.

MSNBC

NYC's finest may feel budget pinch

To close a $4 billion budget gap, New York City canceled a police academy class, cut 500 jobs and reduced firefighter training.

ABC News

WORLD

Mexican crash could set back drug war

A jet crash in Mexico City killed the the country's interior minister and a former deputy attorney general.

Christian Science Monitor

Israel hit by rockets from Gaza

More than 35 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel hours after six Palestinians died in the first clash of Israeli troops and Hamas fighters since June.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Obama may inherit bull market after $6 trillion loss

When it comes to the U.S. stock market, Barack Obama has time on his side. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index may be on the cusp of a rally by Inauguration Day in January.

Bloomberg

Europe shares fall further

European shares extended early losses, falling as much as three percent, with banks leading the decline.

Forbes

SPORTS

NBA ref breaks silence

In his first comments since being linked to the NBA's Tim Donaghy scandal, referee Scott Foster denies giving any assistance to gamblers or betting on the NBA.

Sports Illustrated

Change is coming to sports, too, under Barack Obama

It will take some time to measure the full impact that Obama will have on the world of sports, but we can already make some educated guesses about his role in the games we play and watch.

ESPN

Transcript: Senators McCain and Obama interviewed on ESPN’s Monday Night Football

CQ Politics

ENVIRONMENT

Canada falling behind on environment

Canada's environmental record is among the worst in the industrialized world, due in part to its poor performance fighting global warming, according to a report from the Conference Board of Canada.

Environmental News Network

President-elect Obama faces challenge of a 'planet in peril'

Addressing the world for the first time as the president-elect, Obama indicated that environmental concerns will be at the forefront of his presidency.

Environment News Service

HEALTH

ADHD affects movement more in boys than girls

Girls with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder appear to have better control of their movements than boys with the common mental disorder, a study says.

HealthDay

Obama wins: what now for health care?

The election of Democrat Barack Obama ushers in a new administration that is all but certain to include some level of health care reform. Less clear is how extensive that reform will be and when it will come.

WebMD

Photo of the Day

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., concedes defeat, says he will do "all that I can to help him lead us," as he acknowledged the historic breakthrough for the nation. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster / AP)

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