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...

MIAMI (AP) — The presidential candidates are capping a history-making campaign with a dash from Florida through a half-dozen other crucial states as John McCain tries for an upset over Barack Obama. With...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans will elect not only a president on Tuesday, but also his huge team of aides, advisers and bureaucrats who will help the winner run the federal government for the next...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama tells ESPN's "Monday Night Football" it's time for college football to pick a champion with a playoff system while Republican John McCain wants to put an end...

HONOLULU (AP) — Barack Obama's grandmother, whose personality and bearing shaped much of the life of the Democratic presidential contender, has died, Obama announced Monday, one day before the election....