Kaine to take over as Democrats' chairman
Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is set to become the next chairman of the Democratic Party. Two Democratic officials said Sunday that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen the governor to take over the Democratic National Committee.

Obama, CNN Twitter accounts hacked
Social networking tool Twitter was hit by a major hacker attack on Monday, with several "high profile" accounts — including that of President-elect Barack Obama — taken over by computer criminals, the company said.

Premium tuna fetches $100,000 at auction

Two sushi bar owners paid more than $100,000 for a Japanese bluefin tuna at a Tokyo fish auction Monday, several times the average price and the highest in nearly a decade, market officials said.

EMT recounts attempts to revive Jett Travolta

The EMT said in an interview that when he arrived at actor John Travolta's Bahamas hotel room, the actor's 16-year-old son Jett was unconscious with a hematoma and a doctor was performing CPR.

Helicopter crash kills 8 in Louisiana

Eight people are dead and a ninth injured aboard a helicopter that went down in coastal Louisiana.

U.S. tourist stabbed in Rome
An American tourist from California is in serious condition in a Rome hospital after being stabbed outside a bar in downtown Rome.

Man holding 3 hostages surrenders

A former South Carolina policeman who fired shots from a Georgia motel while holding his infant son and two women hostage surrendered peacefully Monday after a 13-hour standoff.

Griffin Bell, Carter's attorney general, dies

Griffin B. Bell, the shrewd lawyer who grew up with Jimmy Carter and became U.S. attorney general after Carter was elected president, died at an Atlanta hospital Monday. He was 90.

Knicks snap 8-game skid vs. sputtering Celtics

Wilson Chandler scored a career-high 31 points, and the New York Knicks snapped an eight-game losing streak against the sputtering Boston Celtics with a 100-88 victory Sunday night.