Nobel economist Milton Friedman dead at 94  —  Advocate of deregulation whose influence soared after Ronald Reagan became president.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prize winning economist who helped shape and define free-market economic theory, died Thursday at the age of 94 in San Francisco.

Hoyer Beats Pelosi's Pick in Race for No. 2 House Post  —  House Democrats chose Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland as their majority leader today after a bruising fight that cast a cloud over the party's post-election celebration.  —  The election of Mr. Hoyer over Representative John P. Murtha …

Pelosi Stumbles Out of the Blocks  —  Political Wire guest contributor Stuart Rothenberg reflects on incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's first big loss.  —  Yes, I know.  Leadership fights on Capitol Hill are the ultimate political insider contests.  Voters don't care about them, and once they are over, they are quickly forgotten.

A third incident, a new video  —  A cellphone camera captures UCLA police using a Taser on a student who allegedly refused to leave the library Tuesday night.  —  The latest in a recent spate of cellphone videos documenting questionable arrest tactics surfaced Wednesday …

Community responds to Taser use in Powell  —  RAW FOOTAGE  —  of the taser incident.  —  An incident late Tuesday night in which a UCLA student was stunned at least four times with a Taser has left the UCLA community questioning whether the university police officers' use of force was an appropriate response to the situation.