WASHINGTON (AP) -- With the economy in free fall, President-elect Barack Obama is stepping up efforts to let Americans know what he has planned to stabilize the nation's financial system and calm the markets....

TUKWILA, Wash. (AP) -- Shots erupted in a packed Seattle-area shopping mall Saturday after an apparent argument between a gunman and two other young men, killing one of the men, creating panic among shoppers and sending police on a store-to-store search for the shooter, authorities said....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Armed men attacked the residence of Guinea-Bissau's president and engaged security forces in a three-hour gunbattle in the capital of the West African country before dawn Sunday....

HOUSTON (AP) -- Astronauts hope they have a solution for getting a pivotal piece of equipment working so it can convert urine and sweat into drinkable water and allow the international space station to grow to six crew members....

DALLAS (AP) -- About 500 people crowded Saturday into the plaza where John F. Kennedy was shot 45 years ago, all agreeing it was right to remember a pivotal moment in American history, even if they didn't all believe the official line....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Armed men attacked the residence of Guinea-Bissau's president and engaged security forces in a three-hour gunbattle in the capital of the West African country before dawn Sunday....

DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- The Dalai Lama warned his fellow Tibetan exile leaders Sunday to be prudent in their future planning or risk failure, after the leaders said they might push for independence for their Himalayan homeland if China refuses to grant it autonomy soon....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two members of the Iraqi prime minister's Cabinet say that if a proposed security pact with the U.S. is not passed, the result will be security problems that will hurt Iraq's economic growth....

As of Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at least 4,203 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- An Iranian detained by U.S. forces at the Baghdad airport has been released, the Iraqi government said Saturday....

DRESDEN, Germany (AP) -- The mighty were brought low as the first-place teams in both the open and women's divisions fell in round nine on Saturday. In the open division, Israel played the role of David, knocking off Armenia 2.5-1.5. On the women's side, Serbia edged China 2.5-1.5....

MOSCOW (AP) -- The man widely regarded as the top suspect in the radiation killing of Alexander Litvinenko in London said Saturday he is ready to go to Britain to try to persuade authorities to step up the investigation, a Russian radio station reported....

ROME (AP) -- Gianni Alemanno is keeping his law-and-order promises, sweeping prostitutes off streets, arming traffic cops and pushing for immigrants who commit crimes to be deported....