| Obama taps Clinton, Gates for US 'new dawn' abroad (AP) [6 mins][Kansas] AP - Barack Obama promised "a new dawn of American leadership" in a troubled world Monday, announcing a strong-willed national security team headed by Hillary Rodham Clinton, who fought him long and bitterly for the presidency, and Robert Gates, the man who has been running two wars for George W. Bush. | Bullet-scarred Cafe Leopold returns to life [29 mins][Newington] There was beer and food, conversation and chatter, and copies of the Lonely Planet. Six days after gunmen stormed into the Cafe Leopold, spraying automatic fire and leaving the dead and terrified in their wake, the landmark restaurant popular with locals and tourists alike reopened last night. There was barely a free table to be had. |