SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A Springfield Mass Transit District bus driver has received a one-day unpaid suspension for wearing a pink tie to raise awareness for breast cancer. The driver, 46-year-old...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers is spending about $11 million in stimulus money on dikes along the Calcasieu River, navigation floodgates in Lafourche Parish and on the Morganza to...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Subrina McCrary believes President Obama can support New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina by creating more jobs and helping build better schools. What she doesn't want...

TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The Libyan government released 88 repentant Islamic militants, some of them belonging to a group with suspected links to al-Qaida, a government-funded human rights group announced...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A 6-year-old Colorado boy feared to have floated off in a helium balloon has been found safe at his home, hiding in a cardboard box in the garage attic.Sheriff Jim Alderman...

(AP) — State utility regulators refused Wednesday to ask the Louisiana Legislature to change state law to ban debt collectors from calling people on the "Do Not Call" list.Public Service Commissioner...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's leading gay activist said Wednesday he was disappointed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with a foe of gay rights during her trip to Russia and did not decry...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China's recent offer of aid to North Korea could undermine U.N. sanctions against Pyongyang and help feed a cycle of failed negotiations aimed at ending the isolated country's...

(AP) — Power customers of Entergy Louisiana and Entergy Gulf States Louisiana will get a combined $16.6 million in one-time refunds on their November bills.The Public Service Commission approved...

SPRINGFIELD, Va. (AP) — Standing at the site of a highway project funded by his economic stimulus plan, President Obama said Wednesday he is committed to exploring all avenues to create jobs.Obama...

(AP) — A panel charged with finding ways to slash government spending by more than $800 million began to consider cut ideas.The Commission on Streamlining Government held hearings around the state....

WASHINGTON (AP) — With support from a lone Republican, a key Senate committee Tuesday approved a middle-of-the-road health care plan that moves President Obama's goal of wider and affordable coverage...