AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.

AP - President-elect Barack Obama promised the voters change but has started his Cabinet selection process by naming several Washington insiders to top posts.

AP - A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office killed one person and wounded 29 on Thursday, the first fatal assault at the compound since it was seized by anti-government activists in a political crisis that has divided the nation.

AP - Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday, with benchmarks in Japan and Hong Kong both losing more than 5 percent, after fears of a protracted recession sent Wall Street plunging to it lowest point in five years.