BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal's ban on state spending involving troubled community activist group ACORN has stopped two possible contracts in the Department of Social Services,...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is calling on the world to end massive government subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming. The president, who is set to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — They were calling it the tax on Q-tips.Amid Republican ridicule, a Democratic chairman backed down Tuesday and exempted consumer items of $100 or less — from condoms to contact...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The U.S. Embassy and other American offices in South Africa have been ordered closed for at least two days this week because of unspecified security concerns, U.S. and South African...
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has dug into its oil-fueled coffers to set up a new research university, a multibillion dollar coed venture built on the promise of scientific freedom in a region where...
AUSTELL, Ga. (AP) — Neighborhoods, schools and even roller coasters at Six Flags over Georgia were awash in several feet of murky, brown water Tuesday, and officials found a ninth storm victim who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Forty senators — all but one of them Republican — want the Obama administration to let the $700 billion financial rescue program expire by year's end, saying the money...
LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A 90-year-old retired physician has been charged with killing his terminally ill wife at their Southern California home but remains hospitalized after turning the gun...
(AP) — The costs of swine flu are pushing Louisiana's Medicaid program over budget, and the state health secretary said Monday he expects a midyear deficit that will need to be closed. Health and...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Government scientists reached down 1,500 feet off Louisiana‘s coast and pulled up a giant squid, the first ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico. The last time scientists got...
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The interim government in Honduras has ordered a 15-hour curfew after ousted President Manuel Zelaya unexpectedly returned home and supporters gathered in the streets...
ATLANTA (AP) — A two-year-old boy has been found dead in Georgia after floodwaters swept him from his father's arms, and authorities say at least four others have died across the Southeast as rains...
