And in a state with a huge budget deficit, some people would prefer not to see it at all.

A year after Scotland's release of the terminally ill Lockerbie bomber caused an uproar, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi is still stirring outrage simply by surviving.

Dignitaries are gathering for the funeral of former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who died last week in a plane crash in southwest Alaska and was the longest serving Republican senator in the nation's history.

A trade group representing small businesses is endorsing Carly Fiorina in the U.S. Senate race in California, marking the second time this month that a major business group has supported the GOP candidate.

Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands on the porch of his home on the north side of Chicago after being convicted on one of 24 counts in his federal corruption trial on Aug.

An anti-war protester accused of hitting Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie during a constituent meeting in northern Michigan is jailed on a $250,000 bond.Twenty-two-year-old Ahlam M. Mohsen of Coldwater was arraigned Tuesday on a felony count of stalking and other charges.A Mecosta County district ...

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A passenger aboard a float plane that violated the airspace around Air Force One while President Obama was in town Monday was stunned to find out about the fuss that resulted, saying the incursion wasn't intentional.

A jury found ousted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich guilty on Tuesday on one count of making false statements to federal officials, with the jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict on 23 other counts.

Republican candidates around the country seized on President Barack Obama's support for the right of Muslims to build a mosque near ground zero, assailing him as an elitist who is insensitive to the families of the Sept.

A handwritten sign on the church door announces the event where Matthew Soerens, fluent in Spanish, the Bible and the nation's immigration laws, will try to win converts.

Fighting off anti-incumbent fervor, President Barack Obama is rallying Tuesday for Sen.

Talk of shrinking the government's involvement in the mortgage market is growing.

Colorado's pension fund is back on track toward solvency after state lawmakers became the first in the nation to cut retiree benefits to prevent its pension system from going broke, auditors said Monday.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a magazine interview he wants to leave the Pentagon sometime next year, setting off furious speculation as to who might take his place.

A woman identified as an anti-war protester hit U.S. Sen. Carl Levin in the face with an apple pie during the Armed Services Committee chairman's meeting with constituents in northern Michigan, authorities said Monday.The senator took a question near the end of the Monday morning meeting in Big Rapids from a man who said he was a student, Levin's ...

Mourners filled an Anchorage Catholic church to remember former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, launching a three-day tribute to the Alaska Republican a week after he died in a plane crash.

The Senate's top Democrat says a mosque should not be built near the site of the Sept.

A California Highway Patrol spokesman says alcohol wasn't a factor in the crash that killed eight people and state vehicle codes don't apply.

Ask four top economic minds how to get the economy back on track and get four different answers.