SPB News for Thursday.

Gay Marriage Advocates Ask CA Supreme Court To Overturn Prop. 8

Newspapers Print Extra Copies, Sell Out Around Country

130 Million Plus Turnout Shatters Records

CIA to begin briefing Obama –

Author Michael Crichton diesCreator of Jurassic Park, ER, 'dies unexpectedly' after private cancer fight.

Projection: Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR) Defeated

'Impeach Obama' groups springing up on the Internet

Dems looking ahead to 2010Focus turns to guberna-torial races in key states as Dems' optimism grows.

Gov't to record all e-mails?UK said to be planning 'black boxes' to capture, store Internet traffic.

MN Senate race goes into recountAl Franken hangs on for results as 475-vote margin triggers automatic recount.

Sources: McCain aide fired for ‘trashing’ staff — (CNN) — Randy Scheunemann, a senior foreign policy adviser to John McCain, was fired from the Arizona senator's campaign last week for what one aide called “trashing” the campaign staff, three senior McCain advisers tell CNN.

Obama unoffical winner in North Carolina — Democrat Barack Obama is the unofficial winner in North Carolina, but the victory over Sen. John McCain won't be sealed until provisional ballots are counted and certified next month. — Unofficial returns show Obama ahead by 13,746 votes.

‘Joe the Plumber’ makes plans to take his politics online

The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing suicide after using genetically modified crops --When Prince Charles claimed thousands of Indian farmers were killing themselves after using GM crops, he was branded a scaremonger. In fact, as this chilling dispatch reveals, it's even WORSE than he feared. Shankara Mandaukar was one of an estimated 125,000 farmers to take their own life as a result of the ruthless drive to use India as a testing ground for genetically modified crops.

Rep. Lewis: 'a nonviolent revolution' An emotional moment on ABC News, as Georgie Congressman and Civil Rights leader John Lewis told Charlie Gibson that Tuesday's election was "a nonviolent revolution" and an "unbelievable, and unreal transformation of American politics." Asked about his emotions if there's an Obama victory, Lewis continued. "Well, I tell you, I cried a little today when I cast my vote, and I've been crying for the past few days. I don't know if I have any tears left.... I think I'm going to shed some more tears before the night is over."

George W. Bush hits new low in approval rating George W. Bush's approval rating, according to the latest CBS News tracking poll, has dipped to 20 percent, the lowest ever recorded for a president [sic]. His disapproval rating of 72 percent matches his all-time high, reached last month.

U.S. military probes claims that airstrike hit Afghan wedding party --Reports from Kandahar province say about three dozen people were killed. President Hamid Karzai appeals to Barack Obama to end civilian deaths. The U.S. military said today it was investigating a report that an American airstrike hit a wedding party, killing dozens of civilians and prompting new pleas from President Hamid Karzai that foreign forces try harder to avoid hurting and killing noncombatants. "We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes," Karzai told reporters at the presidential palace, speaking hours after Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election.

Fannie Mae spends more than $6,000 on golf outing Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae acknowledged Tuesday that it spent more than $6,000 on a golf outing after it was seized by the government earlier this year, but said it is halting similar company-sponsored events. Dallas-Fort Worth area television station KTVT reported Monday night that Fannie paid for 20 golfers, including several company executives, to attend a Sept. 29 golf excursion in Texas.

AT & T to try limiting subscribers' data use --The company, which says half of its total bandwidth is used by 5% of customers, began testing the new policy in Reno this month. AT&T Inc. has joined the ranks of telecommunications companies that are exploring the idea of limiting the amount of bandwidth that subscribers can use each month.