(AP) — An Ohio bank is permitted to pursue its $165 million foreclosure action against developer Tommy Spinosa and his Perkins Rowe multiuse property in Baton Rouge federal court, U.S. District Judge...

THE VILLAGES, Fla. (AP) — Sarah Palin, who says the 2012 presidential election isn't on her radar, took her "Going Rogue" book tour to the biggest of the battleground states Tuesday, including a...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's lawyer says the events surrounding the Republican's June absence from the state to meet with an Argentine lover don't warrant impeachment.Attorney...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State Rep. Juan LaFonta has formally launched his bid for the 2nd Congressional District seat now held by Anh "Joseph" Cao (GOW).Cao is a Republican and the first Vietnamese member...

WASHINGTON (AP) — War-weary Americans will support more fighting in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, President Obama declared Tuesday, announcing he was ready to spell out war...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A flotilla of hundreds of icebergs that split off Antarctic ice shelves is drifting toward New Zealand and could pose a risk to ships in the south Pacific Ocean, officials...

(AP) — A former dean of students at the Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired has been named interim director at the school.The Louisiana Special School District announced Bobby Simpson's appointment...

KABUL (AP) — Bombings and shootings killed 12 people across Afghanistan, including four American troops and three children, as President Barack Obama reconvened his war council Monday to fine-tune...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama called his war council together Monday as he moves toward a decision on whether to add more U.S. forces in Afghanistan. White House press secretary Robert...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — State officials are urging the Army Corps of Engineers to stop discarding sediment it dredges from the Mississippi River and use more of it to restore eroded wetlands. 

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen ambushed a caravan of political supporters and journalists on their way to file election papers Monday, killing at least 21 people in a massacre considered shocking...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The federal government said Monday that it has found a "strong association" between problematic Chinese drywall and corrosion of pipes and wires, a conclusion that supports...