As a candidate who has raised tens of millions of dollars during his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney did something unusual Saturday while shaking hands after an event in Sumter, South Carolina. He opened his wallet and handed unemployed Ruth Williams some cash. Williams would not say how much money Romney gave her but campaign aides say it was between $50 - 60.

The fifty-five year old Columbia, S.C. resident has been unemployed since last October and says she saw Romney's bus on I-26 January 11 and followed it to the airport because the "Lord told me to." Romney was not on the bus and en route to the Palmetto state from his recent victory in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary but his aides told her to go to their Columbia headquarters and a rally later that night.

It was at the rally that Williams says she met Governor Romney. "He was kind to me. He stopped doing everything," Williams told reporters in Sumter. Since then Williams says she's been at the Columbia campaign offices "cleaning and doing other things" to help out as well as following Romney around the state.  Williams told reporters she has not been paid for her time spent at campaign headquarters and Romney aides have not responded to questions by Fox News as to whether or not Williams has received payment. (read more)

Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (D) held her first constituent event since she was critically wounded in a January 8 shooting. She helped served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner Thursday to airmen as well as military retirees and their families at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson.

Giffords husband, Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain and former NASA astronaut accompanied her to the midday meal at the dining facility. Over four hundred people were expected to attend the traditional Thanksgiving meal which featured turkey as well as prime rib, ham, shrimp and assorted deserts.

Base officials had originally contacted the congresswoman’s staff to take part in the annual dinner but when staff informed Giffords about the event, she wanted to attend herself. She traveled to her home district of Tucson on Tuesday to spend the holiday with family and friends.

Giffords has been in Houston since January, undergoing therapy as part of her recovery from head wounds suffered during the shooting which wounded 11 others and killed six people during a meet-and-greet event for the congresswoman.

Giffords sits on the House Armed Services Committee.

The FBI is looking into allegations that Chinese hackers may have violated the personal Google email accounts of several hundred people, including senior government officials.

White House press secretary Jay Carney says while no official government email accounts appear to have been compromised, but the bureau has opened an investigation.

Carney would not comment on whether or not China was involved. "I'm not confirming anything about origins, except to say that we are aware of the reports and are obviously concerned about cyber security and have taken action accordingly," Carney told reporters.

Carney says government personnel are not prohibited from holding a Gmail account, but since the Presidential Records Act requires the preservation of all government records including email, "we need to conduct all of work on our government accounts."

Carney says President Obama has made cyber security a top priority. The administration released a proposal early last month that would give the Homeland Security Department authority to work with private companies to detect vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure such as financial institutions. Critics of the proposal say it gives the government unprecedented access to private information. (read more)

Quiet, soft-spoken 17- year-old Ricky Gilleland spends most weekends surrounded by tombstones, as he walks through Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C. looking for the burial sites of those individuals who have died in the line of duty since September 11, 2001. Gilleland has taken on the job that the historic cemetery has not been able to do itself.

Through his website, preserveandhonor.com, Gilleland has cataloged the thousands who are laid to rest in Section 60 of Arlington Cemetery. With a camera in hand, Gilleland shoots a photo of both the front and back of the headstone, "to provide a virtual place for loved ones and friends to both locate the graves of the fallen and reflect on the memory of their sacrifice."

Gilleland explains it's a way for those who cannot return to the cemetery to see a loved one's final resting place. "They can go back (on the website) and they can find their loved one...and find a little more comfort," he told Fox News on a recent Sunday afternoon. (read more)

Adm. Mike Mullen says the United States cannot control other countries around the world around the world, and that in future stability will depend as much on a country's economy as on its military.

"We're not going to change anybody's strategic calculus," he told an audience during a lecture series at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs says defense spending in many countries will likely stay static, but will grow significantly in regions such as Asia and the Middle East. Mullen pointed to China, India, Turkey and Brazil which he says will "probably emerge as leaders in their regions." He describes them as the "economic engines of our time." (read more)

A Democratic Congresswoman insisted the witnesses chosen by the House Committee on Homeland Security to discuss radicalization in the American Muslim community were not "experts" and thus Thursday's hearing was "grossly incomplete."

Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-Calif., said her practice of the Roman Catholic faith and attending church every Sunday didn't make her an expert on pedophiles in the Catholic church any more than the personal experiences of two Muslim men whose family members fell prey to Islamic radicalization makes them experts on the issue.

Melvin Bledsoe, a Memphis businessman, told the story of how his 19 year old son, Carlos, was recruited by a radical mosque in Nashville and now stands accused of opening fire on a military recruitment center in Arkansas.

Minnesotan Abdirizak Bihi explained how his 17 year old nephew, and approximately twenty other Somali-American youths, were recruited by an al-Qaeda affiliated group who sent his nephew to Somalia where he was killed. (read more)

Family members of the victims who died in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 view the current unrest in Libya as the right time for the United States to reactivate the criminal investigation into the airliner's explosion.

Muammar al-Qaddafi's former justice minister recently claimed that the Libyan leader was the one who personally gave the order to attack the airplane. The explosion resulted in the deaths of 270 people.

Victoria Cummock, whose husband died in the bombing, wants the U.S. Government to actively pursue Qaddafi.

"Twenty-two years and five administrations have done very little to bring these people to justice," she says.

Paul Hudson's 16-year-old daughter Melina was on the flight and he sees federal indictments against Qaddafi as one way to end the bloodshed.

Congressman Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, who accompanied Cummock and another family member representing the victims to a Capitol Hill press conference, says the Obama administration has been caught off guard by the recent uprisings in the Middle East, especially in Libya. (read more)

Speaking in Geneva, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told members of the U.N. Human Rights Council that the world must hold Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi accountable for his actions.

Referring to the pro-Qaddafi troops as "mercenaries and thugs," Secretary Clinton suggested other governing bodies need to join the United States in sanctioning the Qaddafi regime in order to quell the bloody crackdown Libya has placed on its citizens.

She also spoke to the human rights body about the Libyan leader ending his 42 year dictatorship.

"It is time for Qaddafi to go - now, without further violence or delay," Clinton said.

The Secretary traveled to Geneva to meet individually and en masse with her counterparts to discuss stronger actions against Qaddafi's regime. The United States has already imposed financial sanctions and travel restrictions against Qaddafi and other senior members of his inner circle.

But Clinton hinted that the U.S. is not done with Qaddafi saying "nothing is off the table so long as the Libyan government continues to threaten and kill Libyan citizens."

With Thanksgiving already a distant holiday memory for some, the first lady accepted the White House Christmas tree Friday afternoon.

While other rooms at the White House will also have trees, the 18 1/2 foot Douglas Fir will be considered the official tree having arrived on a horse drawn carriage from Leighton, Pa. This is the second time the Crystal Tree Farm has provided the White House with a tree. It also received the honor in 2006 during the Bush administration.

Crystal Tree Farm is a small family business that has been around since the 1930's, and the 17 year old Douglas Fir that will sit in the White House Blue Room has been waiting patiently for its day of honor.

The White House does not choose the tree supplier, rather the National Christmas Tree Growers Association proclaims a winner after a national competition comprised of state winners. However, White House officials did travel to Crystal Tree Farm to choose the perfect tree.

Hundreds of volunteers will spend the post-Thanksgiving weekend decorating the White House and the Blue Room Douglas Fir for the holiday season. (read more)

Like many Americans on Thanksgiving Day the Obama family will sit down with family and friends to a feast of grand portions and watch a bit of football.

But even before the turkey platter was placed on the dinner table, President Obama called 10 members of the armed services to thank them for their service and sacrifice and wish them and their families a happy Thanksgiving. The phone calls were to two members of each branch of the military -- the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy, all deployed in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom. The phone calls were also something his predecessor, George W. Bush, had done each Thanksgiving. But unlike President Bush's surprise visit to see U.S. troops in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day of 2003, President Obama stayed at the White House enjoying the day with his family.

The first family's traditional dinner doesn't exactly match the first lady's obesity message. Sure there's turkey, ham, stuffing, and two kinds of potatoes -- mashed and sweet -- but the green bean casserole really sends things over the top. According to That'sFit.com, one serving of traditional green bean casserole yields 275 calories and 10 grams of fat. It's the French-fried onions that double the calories and quadruple the fat. The first family is also serving six kinds of pies for dessert including apple, pumpkin, sweet potato, banana cream, cherry and huckleberry.