UNITED STATES - Obama confident staff clear in governor scandal
CHICAGO (AP):United States President-elect Barack Obama said yesterday he was "appalled and disappointed" over allegations the Illinois governor tried to sell his vacant US Senate seat and insisted there was no involvement by himself or his staff...

Daschle to oversee proposed health-care reform
CHICAGO (AP):Barack Obama, United States president-elect, has chosen former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to lead his effort to design an overhaul of the nation's health-care system and shepherd it through Congress...