President Elect Barack Obama

Obama interview: "60 Minutes" said it would broadcast an interview with President-elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, on Sunday night. CBS News correspondent Steve Kroft is scheduled to conduct the interview today.

Transfixed by the daily spectacle of dismal economic news and wild Wall Street swings, few Americans have looked up to see what a wide array of economists say lies beyond the immediate crisis. And with good reason: The picture isn't pretty. The sleek racing machine that was the U.S. economy is unlikely to return any time soon despite the huge repair efforts now underway. Instead, it probably will continue to sputter and threaten to stall for years to come.

North Korea issued a New Year's message with a promise to strengthen its military, but it broke with tradition by not accusing the U.S. of anything and only briefly mentioning its controversial nuclear program. The joint editorial by three major newspapers offers an indication that the country may hope to build up ties with the incoming government of President-elect Barack Obama.

The nation's 44th president-elect began his inaugural journey to the White House on a frigid Philadelphia morning, waving to onlookers and wearing no overcoat as he boarded a shiny 1939 rail car draped in red, white and blue. "It was here, in this city, that our American journey began," Barack Obama told about 200 invited guests Saturday in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station before departing along the same path Abraham Lincoln took to Washington.

President-elect Barack Obama is resigning his Senate seat effective Sunday. In a statement, he called his four years in the Capitol "one of the highest honors and privileges" of his life. Under state law, Democratic Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich will appoint Obama's replacement, who will serve the remaining two years of his term. Blagojevich has ruled out appointing himself. The vice president-elect, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, may remain in the Senate until January. His vote could be needed in the lame-duck session of Congress that begins next week.

ABC's Sunday-morning political talk show "This Week" has scored its first win over NBC's "Meet the Press" since 1999. It is the first time host George Stephanopoulos has delivered more viewers. His marquee guest might have helped: President-elect Barack Obama. Nielsen Media Research said Thursday that the ABC show was seen by 4.34 million viewers on Sunday, a whisker ahead of the 4.3 million who watched "Meet the Press." Obama's visit to "Meet the Press" on Dec. 7 was seen by 6.5 million people.

HBO has acquired a still-untitled documentary about President-elect Barack Obama that will air on the premium cable channel next year. The film, produced by Edward Norton and his production company Class 5 Films, was shot over the last 2 1/2 years with the cooperation of Obama and his campaign. Documentary filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, who served as co-directors of the project, had access to Obama's staff, family and friends. Filming is continuing through the inauguration. -- Matea Gold

A Wisconsin man was arrested in Mississippi after authorities said he threatened on the Internet to kill President-elect Barack Obama. Steven Joseph Christopher, 42, was taken into custody by the Secret Service in Brookhaven, Miss., after he allegedly threatened to assassinate Obama for what he claimed was "the country's own good," federal prosecutors said. Christopher allegedly made the threats Jan. 11 and 15 on a website. An affidavit from the Secret Service quotes Christopher as saying that he has nothing personal against Obama and that he's not a racist.

Roland Burris will be sworn in as a U.S. senator Thursday, ending the saga of his appointment by impeached Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. Vice President Dick Cheney, in his role as president of the Senate, will do the honors. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant majority leader who initially blocked the appointment on the grounds that anyone Blagojevich appointed would be tainted, will hold a reception in Burris' honor. Blagojevich faces federal corruption charges, including that he tried to sell the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Re: A well-stocked Cabinet," editorial, Dec. 28 I do believe that President-elect Barack Obama has a "well-stocked Cabinet" -- one stacked with men. Obama's appointment of only three women to his Cabinet is extremely disappointing. That his Cabinet will have the same number of women as President Clinton's 1993 appointments is a failure of creative thinking, management recruitment and recognition of the important value that women bring to these critically important positions. I had hoped for change, but the country got more of the same (gender)

A Wisconsin man was arrested in Mississippi after authorities said he threatened on the Internet to kill President-elect Barack Obama. Steven Joseph Christopher, 42, was taken into custody by the Secret Service in Brookhaven, Miss., after he allegedly threatened to assassinate Obama for what he claimed was "the country's own good," federal prosecutors said. Christopher allegedly made the threats Jan. 11 and 15 on a website. An affidavit from the Secret Service quotes Christopher as saying that he has nothing personal against Obama and that he's not a racist.

ABC's Sunday-morning political talk show "This Week" has scored its first win over NBC's "Meet the Press" since 1999. It is the first time host George Stephanopoulos has delivered more viewers. His marquee guest might have helped: President-elect Barack Obama. Nielsen Media Research said Thursday that the ABC show was seen by 4.34 million viewers on Sunday, a whisker ahead of the 4.3 million who watched "Meet the Press." Obama's visit to "Meet the Press" on Dec. 7 was seen by 6.5 million people.

Months after the worst of the financial crisis seemed to have passed, fears of debilitating losses for the nation's banks returned to the forefront Thursday on Wall Street and in Washington. The federal government said late Thursday night that it had agreed to invest an additional $20 billion in Bank of America Corp. and to share losses on $118 billion of the company's assets.

Roland Burris will be sworn in as a U.S. senator Thursday, ending the saga of his appointment by impeached Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich. Vice President Dick Cheney, in his role as president of the Senate, will do the honors. Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the assistant majority leader who initially blocked the appointment on the grounds that anyone Blagojevich appointed would be tainted, will hold a reception in Burris' honor. Blagojevich faces federal corruption charges, including that he tried to sell the seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama.

Skip the frigid temperatures in Washington, D.C., and celebrate the inauguration in Hawaii later this month when President-elect Barack Obama's hometown of Honolulu marks the historic occasion with aloha spirit -- and a spate of parties. The biggest celebration will take place at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, site of the official Aloha Inaugural Ball sponsored by the Hawaii Democratic Party. The Jan.

Her father came from Mexico and was a Teamster who worked at a battery recycling plant. Her mother is from Nicaragua and had a union job on a Mattel assembly line. Rep. Hilda Solis, the daughter of immigrants who lives in a modest home in El Monte not far from where she was raised, takes her first step to almost certain confirmation as U.S. secretary of Labor today at a Senate hearing.

Former President Jimmy Carter has written a new book on the Middle East with a title he hopes will not be as controversial as the last one, which was called "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid." Carter, 84, said that "We Can Bring Peace to the Holy Land" will be published in January, just after the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. "I was going to call it 'Yes, We Can.' My wife talked me out of it," Carter joked toward the end of a panel discussion on human rights at the Carter Center in Atlanta this week.

The traditional congratulatory phone call from the president comes after a major championship has been won. And what happens after a coach ends a 21-game conference losing streak? If you're Oregon State basketball Coach Craig Robinson, you get a phone call from the President-elect. Barack Obama phoned Robinson, his brother-in-law, after the Beavers beat USC, 62-58, in overtime last weekend.