Headlines for 1/5/2009
    

Nation
Richardson withdraws as Commerce nominee (1/5/2009)
Obamas depart Chicago for D.C. (1/5/2009)
College degree is no job guarantee these days (1/5/2009)
Democrats wrangle with Ill. pick (1/5/2009)

World
Fighting rages near Gaza City (1/5/2009)
Diplomats make little progress in efforts to quiet Mideast guns (1/5/2009)
Suicide bomber targeted Shiites in Iraq (1/5/2009)
Sri Lanka pushes ahead with war on rebel group (1/5/2009)