WASHINGTON (AP) ― The United States moved Wednesday from the bitter election campaign that produced President Barack Obama’s clear victory for a second White House term, toward a test of whether Republicans and Democrats are now ready to begin setting aside deep partisan divisions and legislative gridlock.The challenge is to overcome the self-imposed “fiscal cliff,” dramatic and automatic tax increases and spending cuts that could well slam the nation back in to recession.In day-after-election r

Being president is an aging job.President Obama looks significantly older and more careworn than he did when he was elected four years ago. Now that he‘s been reelected to a second term, Bloomberg Businessweek, on their cover titled “The Next Four Years,” takes a crack at what the office might do to him in a second term, and it’s--well, take a look:  They also released a similar image of Mitt Romney, which would have run had the Republican challenger won Tuesday‘s presidential election. (UPI) <관

Hollywood and the entertainment industry on Wednesday hailed the re-election of President Barack Obama, who won widespread celebrity backing and funding help in the race for the White House.Stars took to Twitter en masse to welcome the Democratic incumbent's victory over Republican rival Mitt Romney in the early hours of Wednesday, after a bruising campaign battle."I'm proud of where I come from... but I'm even more proud of where we are going," said singer and producer will.i.am, one of Obama's

China's president Thursday warned the Communist Party faces "collapse" if it fails to clean up corruption and called for an economic revamp as he opened a congress to inaugurate a new slate of leaders.The week-long party congress will end with a transition of power to Vice President Xi Jinping, who will govern for the coming decade amid growing pressure for reform of the communist regime's iron-clad grip on power.The party's outgoing general-secretary, President Hu Jintao, delivered his starkest

JAKARTA (AP) ― From his old school in Indonesia to a Japanese beach town that happens to share his name, people around the world cheered President Barack Obama’s reelection Wednesday and expressed hope that he will help allay global conflicts and economic woes. The results of Tuesday’s election were closely watched in many countries. Several U.S. embassies held mock elections and threw parties as returns came in. At Jakarta’s Menteng 01 Elementary School, which Obama once attended, students happ