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Chicago vows to fight concealed carry ruling
With parts of the city in the grip of gang warfare and spiking homicide rates, Chicago aldermen are urging state officials to appeal an appellate ...
Bank repossessions hit 9-month high in November
U.S. home repossessions rose to a nine-month high in November, even as the number of homes starting on the path to foreclosure declined to the lowest ...
Court ruling on Ill. gun ban sets stage for fight
Backers of Illinois' ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court ...
Calif Gov. Brown being treated for prostate cancer
Gov. Jerry Brown is being treated for early stage prostate cancer but will stay on the job throughout his nearly four-week treatment, his office said ...
Right-to-work law gives Michigan unions new task
Now that Michigan has become a right-to-work state, unions in this stronghold of organized labor confront a new and urgent problem: convincing members ...
NJ Gov. Christie: My weight no bar to presidency
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he is "more than a little" overweight — but fit enough to be in the White House. The Republican governor was asked ...
Virgin Galactic future at Spaceport uncertain
The deal was sold to New Mexicans in classic Richard Branson fashion. If taxpayers would build the colorful British businessman a $209 million ...
Mich. becomes right-to-work state despite protests
In a dizzyingly short time span, Republicans have converted Michigan from a seemingly impregnable fortress of organized labor into a right-to-work ...
Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12
A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding ...
Michigan lawmakers approve right-to-work bills
Over the chants of thousands of angry protesters, Republican lawmakers made Michigan a right-to-work state Tuesday, dealing a devastating and ...
Mich. House approves right-to-work limiting unions
The Michigan House approved the first of two right-to-work bills Tuesday that would weaken union power in the historical labor stronghold as hundreds ...
Ariz. Powerball jackpot winner's name released
The second winner of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot is a 37-year-old electronics industry professional who grew up in a modest home in ...
Solid evidence elusive in right-to-work debate
Gov. Rick Snyder says one reason he supports right-to-work legislation in Michigan is the economic boost a similar law has given Indiana, although ...
Oregon lawmakers to vote on Nike expansion plan
Athletic footwear and apparel giant Nike Inc. plans to expand its operations in Oregon and hire hundreds of workers but wants the government to ...
Pot legalized in Colo. with gov's proclamation
Marijuana for recreational use became legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took a purposely low-key procedural step of declaring the ...
Feds rule on health care law's Medicaid expansion
States must commit to fully expanding their Medicaid programs to take advantage of generous funding in the federal health care law, the Obama ...
Top Jindal aides use personal email to strategize
Top officials in Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration used personal email accounts to craft a media strategy for imposing hundreds of millions ...
Fiscal cliff stalemate spurs anxiety in states
A plunge over the federal "fiscal cliff" may sound like a terrifying risk for many state officials anxiously watching as Washington struggles to avert ...
A look at how the 'fiscal cliff' affects states
As Congress and the White House negotiate over ways to avoid a "fiscal cliff" at the start of the new year, governors and state lawmakers are watching ...
AP Source: Obama to help unveil factory expansion
President Barack Obama will help announce expansion of a truck engine plant when he visits a Detroit suburb on Monday. The president is visiting the ...
Minn. gay couple in '71 marriage case still united
When Jack Baker proposed to Michael McConnell that they join their lives together as a couple, in March 1967, McConnell accepted with a condition that ...
AP Exclusive: Georgia details nuke investigations
On the gritty side of this casino resort town near the Turkish border, three men in a hotel suite gathered in secret to talk about a deal for ...
Obama, Boehner meet to discuss 'fiscal cliff'
President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner met Sunday at the White House to discuss the ongoing negotiations over the impending "fiscal ...
Unions vow political payback for right-to-work law
With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as ...