Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority, enters the Security Council Chambers prior to the Security Council Meeting on the bombings in Gaza at the United Nations in New York on January 6, 2009. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh) | Slideshow
Former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris' record suggests he will make a very mediocre and probably very embarrassing U.S. senator. But there should be no doubt about his legal right to take the seat.
Amy Winehouse's lawyer says the British soul singer has changed her mind and decided not to appeal a fine she paid for possession of cannabis in Norway.