WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Nearly Two-Thirds in U.S. Have Given Up on Iraq

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Nearly Two-Thirds in U.S. Have Given Up on Iraq 

WASHINGTON - When President Bush delivers his next-to-last State of the Union address Tuesday night, he will confront this reality, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: Nearly two-thirds of Americans appear to have given up on success in Iraq and also on his presidency.

Still at odds: Bush talks cooperation, but touts policies that rub Dems the wrong way 
President Bush acknowledged the change in political order in the opening minute of his State of the Union address Tuesday with a gracious tribute to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, seated on the podium behind him. He then spent most of the next 49 minutes...

Northwest, Delta in 'detailed' merger talks: WSJ 
Creditors of bankrupt Delta Airlines Inc. are growing anxious about US Airways Group Inc.'s bid to acquire the carrier, possibly boosting the likelihood of an eventual deal with Northwest Airlines instead, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Senators don't have lock on 2008 campaign 
Senators don't have lock on 2008 campaign

Gates Fund Hires Head for New U.S. Gifts Program 
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed Hilary Pennington, a co-founder of Jobs for the Future, to be director of special initiatives for its U.S. gifts program, reports The Wall Street Journal.