CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's budget is so far out of balance that by one account the state could lay off every worker paid from the general fund and still be $300 million in the red. The economic...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After a landslide win, New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu, the son of the city's last white mayor, said Sunday his victory reflected a desire for unity in a city riven by the...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive...

LAKE CHARLES (AP) — Authorities say a state prison trusty who escaped from a crew picking up litter in Vinton has been caught in Houston.Police say 19-year-old Jamaul LeBleu of the Church Point area...

ROME (AP) - In a synagogue visit haunted by history, Pope Benedict XVI and Jewish leaders sparred Sunday over the record of the World War II-era pope during the Holocaust and agreed on the need to strengthen...

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Building off a state-developed marketing plan, a group of Louisiana-based companies has started a joint venture that will put Asian carp on retail shelves within weeks.The...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sharply higher numbers of people and businesses in Louisiana sought refuge from debt in federal bankruptcy court, crippled by the housing collapse, credit cards and sharply lower...

BOSTON (AP) — His agenda at risk, President Barack Obama fought Sunday to save a struggling Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and the critical 60th vote needed for his health care plan. The White...

NEW YORK (AP) — The man returning from Haiti who walked through a restricted door and set off an alarm at John F. Kennedy Airport has told police he went through the door by mistake.An official familiar...

WONDER LAKE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in the northwestern Chicago suburb of Wonder Lake said a persistent house cat probably saved the lives of a couple in a house fire. Assistant Chief Mike Weber...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he wants to beef up the U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti with 1,500 additional police and 2,000 troops to better respond to the massive earthquake....

MONROE (AP) - The company that hopes to build a new car - the 'V-Vehicle' - in north Louisiana says it is testing its product. David Hitchcock, V-Vehicle's director of Louisiana assembly operations, said...