For most African-Americans, the election of Barack Obama as president was a dream come true that they didn't think they would see in their lifetime, a national poll released Tuesday suggests. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=zTR5u7"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=zTR5u7" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=0zM9N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=0zM9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=fTYkN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=fTYkN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=Aeb3n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=Aeb3n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=0JZtN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=0JZtN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=hIDNn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=hIDNn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/450251521" height="1" width="1"/Read more

A key Democratic lawmaker called Tuesday for the resignation of American International Group's CEO after the troubled insurer held a financial planners conference last week at a posh Arizona resort. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=B7kVZd"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=B7kVZd" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=i8OlN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=i8OlN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=QKMLN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=QKMLN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=yojhn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=yojhn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=W2lfN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=W2lfN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=Ff7Yn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=Ff7Yn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/450152975" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Frank Buckles considered it his duty to represent his fellow soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. Buckles, 107, who is the sole living U.S. World War I veteran, attended ceremonies Tuesday at the grave of Gen. John Pershing, the top U.S. commander in that war. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=FWgxwK"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=FWgxwK" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=X8JJN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=X8JJN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=3dPGN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=3dPGN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=yygQn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=yygQn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=rgqZN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=rgqZN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=ZLHsn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=ZLHsn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/450187355" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Anthony Acevedo thumbs through the worn, yellowed pages of his diary emblazoned with the words "A Wartime Log" on its cover. It's a catalog of deaths and atrocities he says were carried out on U.S. soldiers held by Nazis at a slave labor camp during World War II -- a largely forgotten legacy of the war. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=GySk22"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=GySk22" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=3ZdpN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=3ZdpN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=IFuaN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=IFuaN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=3dzcn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=3dzcn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=AF3GN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=AF3GN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=OeC7n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=OeC7n" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/449645963" height="1" width="1"/Read more

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Bernie Conatser has never seen business this good. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=WVnypi"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=WVnypi" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=XcGNN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=XcGNN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=IxB0N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=IxB0N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=E6Sen"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=E6Sen" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=uM8mN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=uM8mN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=83BZn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=83BZn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/450152976" height="1" width="1"/Read more

President-elect Barack Obama was taking time out from piecing together his leadership team Tuesday to honor the country's fallen veterans. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=JwkWXs"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=JwkWXs" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=EmXDN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=EmXDN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=rVj8N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=rVj8N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=AD03n"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=AD03n" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=ZPMiN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=ZPMiN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=vv9Yn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=vv9Yn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/449645964" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Photographer David DeJonge plans to capture a vanishing bit of history Tuesday on a trip to Arlington National Cemetery near Washington. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=xb9GX3"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=xb9GX3" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=fydlN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=fydlN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=o0uEN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=o0uEN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=DrImn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=DrImn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=XiqrN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=XiqrN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=CK7hn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=CK7hn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/449508483" height="1" width="1"/Read more

Ted Turner appeared Tuesday on CNN, the network he founded, to talk about last week's election results, his business ventures, and his relationship with ex-wife Jane Fonda. pa href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?a=eBja1F"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_us?i=eBja1F" border="0"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=qmqoN"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=qmqoN" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=Ayj5N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=Ayj5N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=SMqqn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=SMqqn" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=jEm9N"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=jEm9N" border="0"/img/a a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?a=GEajn"img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_us?i=GEajn" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~4/449747238" height="1" width="1"/Read more

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- John Edwards didn't have to dodge tough questions from an Indiana University audience Tuesday, when the former presidential candidate returned to the stage three months after admitting to an extramarital affair....Read more

DALLAS (AP) -- A Muslim charity did not break the law by casting politics aside and aiding Palestinians under brutal Israeli occupation, defense attorneys said in closing arguments Tuesday at the Holy Land Foundation's second trial for allegedly financing terrorism....Read more

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Descendants of World War I flying ace Harvey Weir Cook celebrated the Veterans Day dedication of a new passenger terminal bearing his name, a belated consolation for the removal of his name from the airport he helped develop more than 60 years ago....Read more

COVINGTON, La. (AP) -- An Oklahoma woman invited to a rural Louisiana campsite for a Ku Klux Klan initiation ritual was shot and killed after she asked to be taken back to town, the sheriff of a New Orleans suburb said Tuesday....Read more

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut state Rep. Beth Bye and Tracey Wilson hope to become the first gay couple to marry legally in their town of West Hartford on Wednesday....Read more

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A community grantmaking arm of the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops has cut off all funding for a group embroiled in controversy over claims of voter registration fraud and embezzlement, church leaders said Tuesday....Read more

BALTIMORE (AP) -- The nation's Roman Catholic bishops vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over its support for abortion rights, saying the church and religious freedom could be under attack in the new presidential administration....Read more

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- California's gay-rights movement has been beset by infighting and finger-pointing since the defeat of gay marriage at the ballot box, with some activists questioning the campaign's mild tactics, including the decision not to show same-sex couples in ads....Read more

DALLAS (AP) -- An elderly grandmother woke up in her Dallas home Tuesday to find her daughter and granddaughter shot to death, along with the granddaughter's estranged husband, police said....Read more

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) -- Court documents show the exclusive Yellowstone Club resort in Montana owes an estimated $343 million to creditors such as banks and local contractors....Read more

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A 56-year-old woman who gave birth to her triplet granddaughters a month ago is recovering from a Caesarean section and hopeful that one of the girls will be home from the hospital by Saturday....Read more

You better watch out. There is a new combatant in the Christmas wars....Read more

PHOENIX (AP) -- A man allegedly shot to death by an 8-year-old boy closely followed his daughters' sporting events and texted loving messages to his family while he lived apart from them for a construction job, his wife said Tuesday....Read more

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Exercise can do a lot of good for most people, but it apparently isn't much help to those with heart failure, the fastest-growing heart problem in the United States....Read more

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- The man who heads U.S. efforts to train and equip security forces in Afghanistan says he welcomes the attention President-elect Barack Obama says he will give on the war in that country....Read more