by Claudine Zap Your daily bit of buzz. Macbook wheel (+475%). The Onion s approach to a new, fake Apple product: a useless computer that has no keyboard. If you don t like it, you re clearly getting in the way of human history. FBI jobs (+2,050%). If you re one of the recently unemployed, or jus… more

Wed Jan 07 11:34am PST

by Claudine Zap Elections. They used to be so simple. Candidates campaigned, voters voted, and the winners headed to Washington. Not anymore. These days, losers file lawsuits, campaigns are for suckers, and the hottest ticket in town is an appointed seat, if you can get it. Even though Congress k… more

Tue Jan 06 02:10pm PST

by Mike Krumboltz Barack Obama has a big job ahead of him with a lot of responsibility and stress. Fortunately, there are perks, like a custom-built car that oozes machismo. Prototype photos of the president-elect s new limousine have hit the Web, and it makes Ah-nold s old Hummer look like a Mia… more

Tue Jan 06 01:04pm PST

AP - The Bush administration held off Wednesday from backing an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal in Gaza. more

Wed Jan 07 10:27am PST

AP - Key Arab nations and Western powers reached agreement Thursday on a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate and durable cease-fire between Hamas militants and Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and moved for an immediate vote in the Security Council. more

Thu Jan 08 05:15pm PST

AP - The U.N. suspended food deliveries to Gaza and the Red Cross accused Israel of blocking medical assistance after forces fired on aid workers, killing two, as the threat of a wider conflict emerged with Lebanon. more

Thu Jan 08 03:39pm PST