President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general is Eric Holder, a former No. 2 Justice Department official in the Clinton administration and Obama campaign aide who would become the first African American to serve as the nation's chief lawyer.
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Residents in Yorba Linda and Sylmar had complained of poor flow for years. But some officials say no system is designed to handle the kind of demand that arose over the weekend. >>
Backers of the measure banning gay marriage have said they will target justices who vote to overturn it. Legal scholars say the court has no clear path to tossing out Prop. 8. >>
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. >>
November 19, 2008
The suspects say they thought the fire had gone out when they left the ridge-top site Thursday morning. The D.A.'s office will decide if they will be charged with any crimes. >>
The district attorney's office could not determine whether the supervisor intended to abandon a home she owns in her district when she registered to vote there in 2006. >>
November 19, 2008
Car travel is likely to decline too, says AAA. Penny pinchers are expected to stay close to home and use cheaper ways to visit family such as trains and buses. >>
INTERNET
Enthusiasm on Wall Street is tempered by the problems Jerry Yang's successor will face. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Mexican federal agents and army troops are dispatched in a bid to rid the Tijuana police department of cops suspected of having links to drug traffickers. >>
Law enforcement agencies are investigating a string of deaths throughout L.A. County. Many are the result of drive-by shootings. >>
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