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 - The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down, and said she's still smarting over the whole thing.

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.

AP - Paris Hilton and her boyfriend of nine months, Benji Madden, have broken up.