POL-Florida-Congressional-Race-Vote-Retabulation

Republican Rep. Allen West's push to have votes recounted in his Florida congressional race against Democrat Patrick Murphy was granted late Friday when the St. Lucie County Supervisor of Elections ordered a retabulation of all eight days of early voting to begin Saturday morning.

POL-Fiscal-Cliff-Meeting

After cameras left the photo-op of President Barack Obama and congressional leaders at the White House on Friday, the actual meeting got under way with the president explaining how he would like to resolve the fiscal cliff and tackle deficit reduction. House Speaker John Boehner went next and so on, until Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi all spoke, a source familiar with the discussion said.

POL-Fiscal-Cliff-Bipartisanship

In the first full week after the election, Washington's focus quickly shifted to the deadline Congress and President Barack Obama face to reach a budget deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff." Each side highlighted the necessity for bipartisan cooperation to dodge another financial crisis.

SPORT-NFL-Ditka-Stroke

Legendary professional football coach and ESPN analyst Mike Ditka is recovering from a stroke he suffered Friday, the sports network said.

COMMENTARY

COMMENTARY-sierra-leone-election-biometric

Can tech revolutionize African elections?

COMMENTARY-Brown-Gaza

Message of Gaza violence: Hamas can't be ignored.