A Democratic official said President-elect Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary.

A 17-year-old boy struck by a drunken driver while riding his new bike last Wednesday was expected to be taken off life support late Saturday, family members said.

A dense fog advisory was in effect Sunday morning for the northern San Joaquin Valley and Motherlode.

Comedian Margaret Cho was one of thousands of gay rights supporters who rallied outside the state capitol Saturday to protest Proposition 8.

Forecasts show it could be shaping up to be a wet Thanksgiving Day across much of the Sacramento region.

Nebraska officials say a 14-year-old Yolo County boy has become the last child reported abandoned under the state's safe-haven law.

AP - A gunman has fired shots inside a church in New Jersey and authorities say three people have been wounded, one critically.

AP - A farm couple got a huge surprise when they opened their fields to anyone who wanted to pick up free vegetables left over after the harvest — 40,000 people showed up.

AP - Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The speaker was an insurance salesman from Colorado named Ted Haggard.

AP - When the Bush presidency ends, opponents of embryonic stem cell research will face a new political reality that many feel powerless to stop.

AP - It started as a radio program discussion about a taboo subject: child molestation among members of the insular world of Orthodox Jews.

AP - It costs the state of Connecticut at least $1,600 every time multiple murder suspect Joshua Komisarjevsky appears in a courtroom.

AP - A young gunman remained at large early Sunday following a shooting at a busy shopping mall that killed one teenager and seriously wounded another.

AP - Authorities in Wisconsin say a small airplane has crashed in the backyard of a house in Marshfield, killing the three people on board the aircraft.

AP - Thirty-two men and women from across the United States have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2009, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.

AP - An experienced firefighter stretching a hose to a home's burning attic was killed early Sunday when a ceiling collapsed, throwing him to the floor and knocking off his helmet and oxygen mask.

AP - Only months after winning and giving away $1 million on a television game show, state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox and her husband have filed for bankruptcy.

AP - Last-minute allegations that hurt the incumbent. A statewide vote with only a tiny fraction separating the Democrat and the Republican. Teams of lawyers mobilized around the state to challenge questionable ballots.

AP - The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.