Krugman: US auto industry will probably disappear  —  STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear.  —  “It will do so because of the geographical forces that me and my colleagues have discussed …

Tribune Prepares for Bankruptcy Filing  —  Tribune Co. is preparing for a possible bankruptcy-protection filing as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter, opening a new front of trouble for the newspaper industry.  —  As Tribune continues discussions with its lenders …

Kilroy wins  —  Now it's official: Mary Jo Kilroy will be going to Washington as the first Democrat to represent any part of Franklin County in Congress in a generation.  —  Final vote tallies released this evening by the Franklin County Board of Elections show that Kilroy defeated Republican state …

Mark Penn: The man who blew the presidency  —  Hillary had a huge lead in the polls, and a genius running her team.  So how did ‘The Master of the Message’ get it so wrong?  And will he ever admit his mistakes?  Cole Moreton meets... Mark Penn  —  Hillary Clinton was going to be president.

Caroline Kennedy?  Thanks But No Thanks  —  Everyone seems to be salivating because Caroline Kennedy called David Patterson and is apparently interested in the Senate seat being vacated by Hillary Clinton.  —  It's a truly terrible idea.  —  Her leadership could have been really helpful …

Shelby warns of filibuster of auto bailout  —  With job losses mounting and Detroit's Big Three automakers facing a battle on Capitol Hill over emergency federal aid, President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday predicted more hard times for the U.S. economy before it starts to turn around …

It's official: Men really are the weaker sex  —  Evolution is being distorted by pollution, which damages genitals and the ability to father offspring, says new study.  Geoffrey Lean reports  —  The male gender is in danger, with incalculable consequences for both humans and wildlife …

A Message to Obama's Progressive Critics  —  Five short weeks ago, Barack Obama won a decisive victory against John McCain - winning 365 electoral votes to McCain's 162 and winning the popular vote by 9 million - the largest popular vote margin since....  After a strategy of expanding the electoral map …

EVEN GEORGE WILL.... We've past the point at which this can reasonably be described as foolish.  Now, conservative apoplexy about the non-existent drive to reinstate the “Fairness Doctrine,” is just annoying.  George Will, who one might expect to know better, devoted 740 words …

Words associated with Christianity and British history taken out of children's dictionary  —  Words associated with Christianity, the monarchy and British history have been dropped from a leading dictionary for children.  —  Westminster Abbey may be one of Britain's most famous landmarks …

Defending a Pardon, Protecting His Power  —  AN outcry is erupting over the role the nominee for attorney general, Eric Holder, played in President Bill Clinton's pardon of financier Marc Rich in 2001.  Both from the left and right, blogs are abubble, energized by news reports that Mr. Holder …

So, you want to save the economy?  —  All you need is a keyboard and a few good ideas.  Inside the influential new world of econobloggers.  —  DURING THE PANIC of 1907, the nation's most powerful banker, J. P. Morgan, brokered a solution to the crisis behind the closed doors of his personal library in New York City.

Obama defends Republic Windows and Doors workers  —  President-elect Barack Obama put himself on the side of the workers at the Republic Windows and Doors factory Sunday:  —  “When it comes to the situation here in Chicago with the workers who are asking for their benefits and payments they have earned …

SUVs at altar, Detroit church prays for a bailout  —  With sport-utility vehicles at the altar and auto workers in the pews, one of Detroit's largest churches on Sunday offered up prayers for Congress to bail out the struggling auto industry.  —  “We have never seen as midnight an hour as we face this week …

Wright visits Trinity pulpit, lashes media  —  For the first time since his retirement last spring, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. returned to the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ this morning with two goals: glorifying God and vilifying the media.  —  In honor of Trinity's 47th anniversary …

Revealed: home of Mumbai's gunman in Pakistan village  —  Since the terrorist attacks in Mumbai 10 days ago, speculation has been rife about the birthplace of the lone surviving gunman, Ajmal Amir Kasab.  India and Pakistan have clashed over reports that he came from the Punjab.