This is AP News Minute.
Four days after the election, President Barack Obama can finally in Florida. With nearly 100% of the votes counted, Obama was declared the , giving him a 332 to 206 final margin in the electoral college.
Meantime, Obama is already butting heads with congressional Republicans on what to do the impending fiscal cliff. He’s calling for on the wealthy, but House Speaker John Boehner says he’s in favor of closing tax and spending cuts instead.
Several U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation say former CIA Director General David Petraeus the affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, a reserve army officer. Petraeus abruptly his post Friday.
Thousands of angry students and have taken to the streets of Rome Saturday. It’s all part of a nationwide against school’s budget cuts and other measures aimed at tackling the country’s .
John Klobucar, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.