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Michael Mukasey spent nearly 20 years judging cases from the bench in New York. Now it's his turn to be judged. The Senate Judiciary Committee opens a confirmation hearing on Mukasey's nomination to be the next attorney general.

The secretive and bloody industry is booming around the country, enjoying underground popularity despite being banned in all 50 states.

Louisiana Rep. Bobby Jindal, a Republican, is now the state's governor-elect. He becomes the first Indian-American to head a state government, and at 36, he will be the youngest governor. He promises the endemic corruption that is longstanding in the state won't be tolerated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is attending the last day of the NATO summit in Bucharest. Russia — and its tense relationship with the West — has loomed over the meeting. Putin is against allowing former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia onto NATO's membership track.

Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told the House Judiciary Committee Friday the White House could have avoided a lot of criticism and loss of faith by being more open about its reasons for invading Iraq.

A political suspense thriller is unfolding in Kenya. No fewer than nine candidates are running for president, but from nearly every angle, it is a two-man race between Raila Odinga and Mwai Kibaki.

Many speculated that Americans would be wearied by a two-year presidential campaign. But so far, the country remains hooked on the races — and so are TV news channels.

Exit polls are showing Lee Myung-bak, a conservative former mayor of Seoul, winning South Korea's presidential election. Voters overlooked fraud allegations in hope that the former Hyundai CEO will revive the economy. Lee, of the Grand National Party, received 50.3 percent of the vote.

On Monday, federal agents reportedly searched the home of Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), just outside Anchorage. The subject of the probe is a 2000 renovation job that was overseen by an executive from a prominent local oil services company.

Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.