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President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle and Vice president-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill take the stage at the election night party at Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)

World reacts to Obama's victory

Voices from around the world speak out as Barack Obama is voted the next U.S. president.

Al Jazeera

For many abroad, an ideal renewed

International Herald Tribune

Historic election 2008: redefining the record books

Election 2008 has redefined American politics in a rainbow of historic records that are likely to resonate across the cultural landscape for decades to come.

ABC News

Voters face lines, machine glitches

CBS News

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

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Electoral map

CNN

Obama's victory speech

MSNBC

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

McCain Concedes

MSNBC

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

Hagan celebrates upset win over Dole

YouTube

POLITICS

Near-flawless run from start to finish is credited in victory

The disciplined and nimble team behind Barack Obama marched through a presidential contest of historic intensity making remarkably few stumbles.

International Herald Tribune

Next up after Obama win, governing

Christian Science Monitor

Obama takes Ohio, other battlegrounds

Barack Obama became the first black U.S. president after winning hotly contested Ohio and sweeping Democratic strongholds from Maine to Minnesota.

NY Daily News

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2008 Election live blog

CBS News

Age a bigger concern than race, exit polls show

CNN

MORE POLITICS

Democrats expand majorities in Congress

Democrats expanded their majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress in this election, but fell a few seats short of obtaining the 60 needed to clear Republican procedural hurdles.

Reuters

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More Election 2008: Congressional & state races

NPR

Senate race 100% counted: Coleman up; recount coming

Sen. Norm Coleman is leading Democratic challenger Al Franken in one of the most bitter U.S. Senate races in Minnesota history.

Star Tribune

McConnell wins, spares GOP major loss

Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appears to have won a fifth Senate term, sparing his party a devastating loss on a very tough Election Day.

The Hill

MORE ELECTION COVERAGE

Blacks, youth among those new to polls

Barack Obama was the overwhelming choice of the one in 10 voters who went to the polls for their first time - a racially diverse group of mostly twenty-somethings, half of whom call themselves Democrats.

Associated Press

Governors' races: Indiana, West Virginia

As Americans in 11 states cast their ballots for governor, the first gubernatorial victories brought no surprise: Republican Mitch Daniels in Indiana and Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin in West Virginia.

NPR

Economy propels worried Americans to polls

MSNBC

National voting problems summary

With polls beginning to close in parts of the country, most of the problems reported earlier in key battleground states around the country have simply not panned out.

CBS News

America votes, but first it must wait in long lines

ABC News

Christmas for political junkies

Politico

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Election over, satire must continue

There's no point in hunting lame ducks, so comic political satirists are going to have to look for new game, at least for a couple of months.

Houston Chronicle

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

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Obama's victory caps struggles of previous generations

At a modest stucco home in Montgomery, Alabama, an unlikely presidential victory celebration is taking place.

CNN

Amid turmoil, corporate giving steady

Requests for help from top U.S. corporate charities has risen sharply, but spending by some of America's largest foundations is likely to be flat as companies weather the financial crisis.

Reuters

NATION

California voters favoring Prop 8

Still-incomplete returns show California voters favoring a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but supporters were preparing for a long night of vote counting to determine the ultimate outcome.

San Jose Mercury News

Supreme Court hears TV profanity case

The Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the FCC should ban "fleeting expletives" - celebrities' one-time uses of profanity on live TV when children are likely to be watching.

NPR

WORLD

World audience drawn to Obama victory

Celebrations erupted in Barack Obama's ancestral home in Kenya after the U.S. Democrat made history by being elected America's first African-American president.

CNN

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

Obama, McCain agreed on what to change in sports

Barack Obama told ESPN's Monday Night Football it's time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while John McCain would put an end to performance-enhancing substances.

Google News

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

CQ Politics

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

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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