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President Bush selects Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns to succeed Ann Veneman as secretary of agriculture. Johanns is a popular Republican with lifelong ties to agriculture. Also, John Danforth, U.S. ambassador for the United Nations, resigns. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

North Korea on Thursday submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities. In turn, the Bush administration said it will lift some trade sanctions against the country, and move to take it off the U.S. terrorism blacklist.

President Bush names John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, a congressional recess appointment that underlines the president's frustration with the reluctance of lawmakers to confirm the nominee. Bolton can now serve 17 months, until the end of the current Congress.

New York gets a new governor Monday. David Paterson, the state's first black governor and legally blind, will try to get New York back on track after Eliot Spitzer left office amid a prostitution scandal.

Gov. Jack Dalrymple said Wednesday his emergency evacuation order for areas near the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline did not authorize roadblocks or forcible removal of people.

Up to a foot of snow is expected to fall across the southern Appalachians and nearby foothills in North Carolina and Virginia through Sunday night.

The U.N. General Assembly will devote an entire day to the issue of superbugs and antibiotic resistance. Dr. Keiji Fukuda leads the WHO's work on the issue.

Hoping to attract new investors, Kevin Dumont climbed a waterslide and chained himself to the top on Nov 9. By Nov. 25, he didn't have new investors but he did attract pneumonia.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approves a resolution demanding Syrian cooperation in the ongoing probe into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The United Nations is investigating Syria's alleged role in the killing.

North Korea has signaled a willingness to resume negotiations on its nuclear weapons program for the first time since discussions broke off in June 2004. China's U.N. ambassador told reporters Tuesday he expects talks between North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and the United States to restart in Beijing in the next few weeks.