Senate Democrats yield to Obama, retreat on Burris (AP) [9 mins][Lubbock, TX]
AP - Senate Democrats beat a hasty retreat Wednesday from their rejection of Roland Burris as President-elect Barack Obama's successor, yielding to pressure from Obama himself and from senators irked that the standoff was draining attention and putting them in a bad light. Burris said with a smile he expected to join them "very shortly." | Thousands told to flee Wash. state floods [1 hr][Seattle, WA]
Tens of thousands of people are told to flee their homes near Seattle after severe storms brought record flooding to the Pacific Northwest. Storms also struck the South and the Northeast. |