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Gloves stay on in quiet NM Senate primary
Four years ago, New Mexico's Heather Wilson gave up her House seat to make a run for a rare opening in the Senate. She lost in a bare-knuckled ...
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary ...
New Zealand says 'zero' budget will bring surplus
New Zealand's center-right government unveiled a relatively austere budget Thursday, saying it will tackle rising debt and return the country's books ...
2 panels to launch review of Facebook IPO
Two congressional panels are reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the IPO may have ...
Fitzgerald stepping down as US attorney in Chicago
In a city and state known for tenacious corruption, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald became known for equal tenacity in going after politicians of ...
Wis. theft victim uploads video of suspected thief
A Wisconsin man whose camcorder was briefly stolen has found a way to get back at the suspected thief: He uploaded to YouTube a video that the suspect ...
Segui could be forced to testify against Clemens
Prosecutors finally have some momentum in their perjury case against Roger Clemens, even if it means dragging in former major leaguer David Segui, a ...
Lawsuit challenges Nebraska's pipeline review law
Opponents of a proposed pipeline designed to carry crude oil from Canada under the Great Plains filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Nebraska's new ...
States looking to new tolls to pay for highways
Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay. With Congress ...
Romney promotes education agenda, defends Bain
Originally planning to focus on education, Mitt Romney instead reignited the debate over his business credentials on Wednesday, welcoming scrutiny of ...
Clinton, military leaders plead for sea treaty
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and military leaders implored conservative Republicans on Wednesday to approve a long-spurned high seas ...
Romney says Congress should wait to act on economy
Mitt Romney says that if elected Congress should wait until he takes office to block automatic spending cuts and to keep tax cuts from expiring.
Senate panel to launch review of Facebook IPO
A Senate panel is reviewing Facebook's high-profile stock offering last week amid allegations that the bank handling the IPO may have provided select ...
Egyptians vote in first free presidential election
More than 15 months after autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak's ouster, Egyptians streamed to polling stations Wednesday to freely choose a president for ...
Senator: Prostitution scandal wider than believed
Several small groups of Secret Service employees separately visited clubs, bars and brothels in Colombia prior to a visit by President Barack Obama ...
Competitive Senate race shaping up in North Dakota
North Dakota's prosperity from an energy boom as the rest of the country slowly crawls out from under a collapsed economy is making a contest of a ...
Deportation threat lifted for lesbian Vt. couple
A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve.
SEC reviewing JPMorgan's filings after $2B loss
Federal regulators are reviewing what JPMorgan Chase told investors about its finances and the risks it took weeks before suffering a ...
CBO warns of US falling off 'fiscal cliff'
A new government study released Tuesday says that allowing Bush-era tax cuts to expire and a scheduled round of automatic spending cuts to take effect ...
Senate panel votes to cut aid for Pakistan, Egypt
In a fresh warning to Pakistan, a Senate panel on Tuesday approved a foreign aid budget for next year that slashes President Barack Obama's request ...
Senate panel approves airline security fee hike
A Democratic-controlled Senate panel Tuesday approved a $2.50 increase in airline security fees that would double the per-passenger fee for those ...
Top Senate Dem to GOP: No tax cuts for rich
Republicans will have to drop their insistence on retaining tax cuts for the rich and plans to reshape Medicare before there can be a bipartisan deal ...
Top Senate Dem to GOP: Rich must be taxed more
The Senate's top Democrat says Republicans will have to accept higher taxes on the rich and drop efforts to reshape Medicare if they want a deal on ...
Old feud in Bush administration part of Ariz. race
Richard Carmona arrived in Washington a political novice in 2002 and left four years later scarred and frustrated. He didn't go quietly. A year after ...