Obama will address the country from a rally in Chicago, Illinois, later Tuesday night.Obama will become the first African-American to win the presidency.

The Associated Press reported shortly after 11 p.m. that Obama's opponent, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, had called Obama to offer his congratulations.

Barack Obama, a 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois, shattered more than 200 years of history Tuesday night by winning election as the first African-American president of the United States.

Dear President Obama: As citizens across the world, we congratulate you on your election, and celebrate your campaign commitments to sign a strong new global treaty on climate change,

PARIS - Barack Obama's election as America's first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.

Obama: CT, DC, DE, IA, IL, MD, MI, MN, NJ, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WI McCain: AL, AR, GA, KY, KS, MS, ND, SC, UT WV, WY Too close to call: CO, IN, FL, LA, MO, MT, NC, NE, NV, TX, VA

Massachusetts voters today embraced a ballot question to end greyhound racing in the state, rejecting track owners' arguments that the ban would cost jobs at a time of economic hardship in favor of protecting dogs from harm.

Palin was wrapping up her last term as mayor of Wasilla. She had higher political aspirations. She wanted the second-most powerful job in Alaska: lieutenant governor. In those days, there was virtually only one road to the state capital, and it passed

Governor Sarah Palin just issued an updated statement on Sen. Ted Stevens' guilty verdict, saying "the time has come for him to step aside." But what stands out most is the next sentence in her statement. "Even if elected on Tuesday," Palin says, "Senator

Is it any surprise that federal agents uncovered a plot to kill Barack Obama? Surely we all knew from the moment he announced his candidacy for President that he had a bulls eye on his back that was as large as the symbol of big box retailer Target.