WASHINGTON – Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. "Change has come," he told a huge throng of cheering supporters.
Yahoo! News
US first lady: an unscripted and powerful role
Unpaid, with no official duties, the wife of the US president can exert enormous influence, since she has both the ear of the president and a powerful bully pulpit all her own.
Yahoo! News
Thompson wins new House term
Veteran Rep. Mike Thompson cruised to a sixth term in Congress in the 1st district.
The Sacramento Bee
Mexico minister killed in crash
Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino has been killed along with seven others when his ministry plane crashed in central Mexico City.
BBC News
US manufacturing hits 26-year low
US manufacturing activity fell in October to its lowest level for 26 years, according to a new report from the Institute for Supply Management.
BBC News
Exit polls: Obama wins big among young, minority voters
Strong support from young and minority voters propelled Barack Obama on the road to the White House, exit polls showed Tuesday.
CNN
Democrats retake House, make broad gains
Democrats retained control of the House and pushed for historic gains in their majority Tuesday by solidifying their dominance in the Northeast and making inroads in the South and West.
Associated Press
Man, 73, scores 2 points in college hoops game
Ken Mink, a 73-year-old full-time student, scored two points Monday night in Roane State Community College's 93-42 victory over King College's junior varsity. Mink entered the game with about 16 minutes left in the second half and attempted one shot in about three minutes. Seven minutes later, he went back in the game, was fouled and made two free throws.
Yahoo! News
Deftones bassist in coma after car crash
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng is in a coma in a San Jose hospital following a car accident in Santa Clara on Monday.
Sacramento Bee
S.F.: Copper thieves knocking out park lights
No lights in Golden Gate Park: On Sunday around 6 p.m., people walked from the Japanese Tea Garden toward their cars along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Golden Gate Park
San Francisco Chronicle
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