#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_co/senate_burris">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.632284845b474f59b52d1747f7154288.aptopix_senate_burris_dccd109.jpg?x=74y=130q=85sig=ZI5JsqVKbKuDJUxpAyoS6w--" align="left" height="130" width="74" alt="Illinois U.S. Senate appointee Roland Burris leaves Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, after he was turned away when he appeared to take his seat. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - Roland Burris failed to capture President-elect Barack Obama#039;s old Senate seat Tuesday in a wild piece of political theater, but the Democrats#039; opposition cracked when a key chairwoman said seating him was simply the legal thing to do.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.e9b9ad25c70a4fe18d33db949dc8d069.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl105.jpg?x=130y=84q=85sig=lt7wkVEKLtR8Yzau9seJWg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Israeli Army soldiers take cover as a mobile artillery piece fires towards targets in the southern Gaza Strip, on the Israel side of the border with Gaza Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009. Israel ignored mounting international calls for a cease-fire and said it won#039;t stop its crippling 10-day assault until #039;peace and tranquility#039; are achieved in southern Israeli towns in the line of Palestinian rocket fire. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - Israeli mortar shells exploded Tuesday near a U.N. school in Gaza that was sheltering hundreds of people displaced by Israel#039;s onslaught against Hamas militants, killing at least 30 Palestinians, tearing bodies apart and staining streets with blood.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_go_co/new_congress">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20090106/capt.7da7731b61d04b23a1db704323ca5a10.new_congress_dcsw108.jpg?x=130y=83q=85sig=ci4NnIzL6EogaV_VVbLicw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., center, holds a bible as he stands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, during the mock swearing-in ceremony for Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., right, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - The Capitol rang loud with vows to fix the crisis-ridden economy Tuesday as Congress opened for business at the dawn of a new Democratic era. quot;We need action and we need action now,quot; said Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Republicans agreed, and pledged cooperation in Congress as well as with President-elect Barack Obama #151; to a point.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>