Firefighters in the hills around Los Angeles hope a break in winds Wednesday will help them douse two major wildfires, one of ...

The new president will face a calamitous economy and command of a large wartime deployment.

The number of justifiable homicides committed by police and private citizens has been rising in the past two years to their highest ...

U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney had an affair with two women around the same time, the AP reports.

Towering more than 12 stories above a school playground, a pair of wind turbines transform the gusts blowing over the lakes and ...

Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson should win re-election in this GOP-dominated state, but his popularity probably won't help Barack ...

The campaigns are trading accusations and gearing up for possible court battles.

President Bush has allowed recently that, in some cases, his principles would bring economic calamity.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first major world leader to face voters since the global financial meltdown, led ...

John McCain pitched new tax breaks and other incentives Tuesday to help investors and seniors.

Indians have long worked in call centers fielding requests for computer help or taking orders from American shoppers. Now some ...

Should oil companies pay higher taxes? Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama wants to impose a "windfall profits tax" ...

Griffin O'Neal remembers the day his mother walked in on him while he was playing with his plastic motorcycle: He was jumping ...

Nearly 190,000 people are reported to have fled fighting between Pakistani troops and militants near the border with Afghanistan, ...

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