In this edition: Sarah Palin says goodbye to Alaska but is she really going? Barack Obama invites a white policeman and a black professor to the White House for a reconciliatory beer; and controversy over a Rio de Janeiro's new "ecological wall".
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin stepped down on Sunday after bursting onto the US political stage last year as John McCain's presidential running mate. It is unclear if her farewell is a transition into a Washington career or a political finale.
Former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said she will resign as Alaska's governor by the end of the month and will not seek a second term in office.
At an annual governors' gathering this week, former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she will support the new US president-elect, Barack Obama, calling his election a "historic moment for the country".
John McCain returns to the public eye just days after ending a presidential campaign that saw rumours of infighting and high-profile speculation over his choice of vice president, Sarah Palin. But love them or loathe them, this duo just won't quit.
As Barack Obama voted in a flood of camera flashes in Illinois, John McCain, accompanied by his wife Cindy, sought to avoid the glare of publicity in his home state, Arizona. Cameras were kept out of his polling station.
A Canadian comedian placed a prank call to Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin on Saturday. Claiming to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the prankster made a date with Palin to go hunting.
