AP - Trailing two better-known rivals in the polls, Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney is trying prove his political viability using a different yardstick — cash in the campaign account.

AP - As an academic, Victor Cha was skeptical about nuclear talks with North Korea. He considered the real value of U.S. engagement as a way to 'expose the North's true, malevolent intentions.' Now, as President Bush's top adviser on North Korea, Cha is a prime player in shaping those talks, which are set to resume Monday in Beijing. He avoids the tough language of his earlier writing.

U.S. News & World Report - The Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote today to give authorization to the chairman and ranking member to issue subpoenas to five Justice Department officials as well as six of the U.S. attorneys fired, to get more information about the reasons for the controversial firings.

Reuters - The United Nations General Assembly endorsed on Thursday Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's plan to split the world body's burgeoning peacekeeping department into two units.

AP - GOP presidential hopeful John McCain isn't letting snow get in the way of his Straight Talk Express in New Hampshire.

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief aide denies he purposefully withheld information from Justice Department officials who misled Congress about the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

AP - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton praised residents of Houston on Saturday for their help in responding to Hurricane Katrina and said that if elected she would lead a more competent government than the Bush administration.

AP - Four years into the Iraq war, about the only thing that has not changed is President Bush's insistence the fight can be won.

AP - Sen. John McCain and his Straight Talk Express returned to New Hampshire highways Saturday, dragging with them questions about whether the Arizona Republican could repeat his 2000 primary win in spite of his support for the unpopular war in Iraq.

AP - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama attracted a crowd of 10,000 or more to downtown Oakland Saturday in his first Bay Area rally.

AP - Democrats who are moving ahead with anti-war legislation are using troops as leverage to win domestic political battles, President Bush said Saturday. Democrats pledged to keep pushing until there is a change of course in Iraq.

AP - Just like a Broadway play, congressional hearings have many acts.

AP - Colombian security forces killed civilians in several states last year and falsely labeled many as leftist rebels slain in combat, the United Nations said a report released Thursday.