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Obama victory sets off jubilation
AP - From Harlem, to the avenue in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born, to Oakland, Calif., Americans black and white celebrated Barack Obama's election with tears, the honking of horns, screams of joy, arms lifted skyward — and memories of civil rights struggles past.
Young voters help put Obama over the top
AP - Rafi Zelikowsky skipped class on Tuesday to camp out in downtown Chicago and wait for Barack Obama, the man who captured the hearts of so many young voters.
Democrats take control of New York Senate
AP - Democrats have won a majority in New York's state Senate. That gives the party control of the full Legislature and governor's office for the first time since 1935.
Voter turnout best in generations, maybe a century
AP - America voted in record numbers, standing in lines that snaked around blocks and in some places in pouring rain. Voters who queued up Tuesday and the millions who balloted early propelled 2008 to the highest turnout in generations, maybe a century.
Yes They Can: Change sweeps through legislatures
AP - Change swept through state legislatures as well as the campaign for presidency this year, with the biggest upset being the end of 40 years of GOP rule in the New York state Senate that put Democrats in charge of the entire legislature.
Dems, GOP, already targeting 2010 gov races
AP - Their majority of gubernatorial seats larger by one, Democrats are taking aim at key states in 2010, including California, Minnesota and Connecticut. Republicans, who successfully re-elected four incumbents on an election night of big GOP losses elsewhere, want to win back Kansas, Ohio and Pennsylvania, among others.
Voter turnout best in generations
AP - Voters cast their ballots Tuesday in numbers not seen in at least 40 years, as millions of Americans picked their president early and waited in lines that stretched the lengths of blocks and buildings.
Democrats gain five more Senate seats
AP - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado.
This time, election system worked. But why?
AP - After all that fuss, the system worked. There was no meltdown, no flurry of lawsuits, no statewide demands for a presidential recount.
In state legislatures, Democrats build on majority
AP - The wave of enthusiasm for Barack Obama and Democrats reshaped control of state legislatures, leaving Democrats in control across nearly the entire Northeast and deepening the partisan divide across the country.
Calif. voters approve $10B bond for bullet trains
AP - California voters are green-lighting the nation's most ambitious high-speed rail system, approving a nearly $10 billion bond to put speeding bullet trains capable of topping 200 mph between the state's major metropolitan areas.
On the day after The Day, hope, relief and anger
AP - On the day after The Day, there was hope, no longer a mere election-year cliche but a sense of something lasting and real. For a black man in a Washington, D.C., barbershop who feels 'it' has actually happened; for the tribal leader in New Mexico and the Hispanic lawyer in Texas, who believe a door has opened for them, too.
Baylor denounces noose in tree on Election Day
AP - Baylor University officials said they are investigating an apparent noose hanging from a tree the day Barack Obama was elected the nation's first black president.
Obama results show gains in key religious voters
AP - In building a winning coalition of religious voters, Barack Obama cut into the so-called God gap that puts frequent worshippers in the Republican column, won Catholics, made inroads with younger evangelicals, and racked up huge numbers with minorities and people with no religious affiliation.
Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface
AP - A case of postelection nerves sent Wall Street plunging Wednesday as investors looked past Barack Obama's presidential election and returned to fears of a deep and protracted recession.
Informant's credibility targeted in Fort Dix trial
AP - Attorneys for five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers in New Jersey began cross-examining a key government informant Wednesday as they tried to pin blame for the alleged conspiracy on him.
Witness: Calif. ex-sheriff proposed money scheme
AP - A millionaire businessman who helped federal prosecutors bring charges against a former Southern California sheriff testified Wednesday that the defendant proposed laundering campaign donations soon after they met.
Study links lead in blood to wild game consumption
AP - North Dakota health officials are recommending that pregnant women and young children avoid eating meat from wild game killed with lead bullets.
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