WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats reached for a blowout at the polls Tuesday in heavy early congressional balloting that could add more than 20 seats to their House majority. Long lines formed as polls...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Indicted U.S. Rep. William Jefferson continued to fight for political survival Tuesday in a Democratic primary runoff against a former television reporter who argued that scandal...

CHICAGO (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama is joining the nation's earliest voters in filling in a ballot in his historic presidential contest with Republican John McCain. Obama arrived at his precinct...

Voting problems surfaced in several areas early Tuesday as people turned out in droves as balloting commenced along the Eastern Seaboard and in mid-Atlantic states. Voters needed to use paper ballots because...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Voters queued up at polls across Louisiana Tuesday to decide a historic presidential race further flavored by decisions on a slew of congressional seats and battery of local issues. In...

Lines stretched around buildings and crossed city blocks as people waited to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Touchscreen voting machines malfunctioned...

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street was enjoying an Election Day rally Tuesday, surging as investors brushed off weak economic data and looked forward to putting the uncertainty of the presidential voting...

Free ice cream, doughnuts and coffee are offered today at certain businesses, giving voters an extra incentive to reach the polls.Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Starbucks Coffee and Krispy Kreme...

With a Sen. Barack Obama victory looking more likely by the minute, about 150 people gathered around two television screens at the Red Lion Hotel chanting "Yes we did."The crowd cheered wildly with each...

IN THE HEADLINESObama talks on election eve like a man who expects he's going to win presidency ... McCain speeds across 7 states in campaign finale ... Palin offers optimism in Ohio Democratic suburb;...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world is anxiously awaiting new ideas and fresh leadership from America's new president to deal with the economic crisis that has encircled the globe with sickening speed. Unemployment...

LONDON (AP) — World markets pushed higher Tuesday as America went to the polls and a leading U.S. investment bank told its clients in Europe to buy stocks after the savaging they have taken in the...