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Top administration and defense officials head to the Sunday talk shows to map out the next steps.

A poster in Jim Tarbox's office at his North Kingstown Chrysler Jeep dealership declares: "Challenge: The harder the course, the more rewarding the triumph." It's a fitting slogan for Tarbox, whose business is suddenly in peril after Chrysler ended its franchise agreements with his two dealerships in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as part of its ...

This June 15, 2009 file photo shows motorists passing by an alleged brothel in Warwick, R.I. In the frenzied rush after Rhode Island's budget passed in late June, state lawmakers were unable to agree on a compromise to close a 30-year-old legal loophole that permits prostitution so long as it happens indoors because many cash-strapped states have ...

The agency overseeing Ohio's state troopers said it will relax a new policy that warned employees they could face discipline, including being fired, for releasing unauthorized information.

Gov. Bobby Jindal signed two bills Thursday that aim to reduce Louisiana's school dropout rate by lowering educational standards and creating a new "career track" high school diploma.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has set Nov. 3 as the date of a special election for the Congressional seat vacated by former U.S. Rep.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , the 2008 Republican Party vice-presidential nominee, said she is resigning her office by the end of the month.

Several states are facing the prospect of government shutdowns and program cuts as they enter the first weekend of the fiscal year and July Fourth holiday without a budget in place."This downturn, even more so than previous downturns, really is affecting every state right now," said Brian Sigritz, a staff associate with the National Association of ...

An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient safety.

In this May 20, 2009 file photo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

LAS VEGAS - The clogged tourist travel route between Southern California and Las Vegas has been designated a federal high-speed rail corridor, in a move that officials hope would signal increased cooperation between the regions on building speedier train travel.

The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday.

State Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks fashioned a campaign platform for governor that calls for taxes on the gambling industry and the creation of a state lottery to provide tax cuts for Alabama families and college scholarships for their children.

Tempers flared Wednesday as a budget impasse over Gov. Ted Strickland's gambling proposal intensified, all but guaranteeing that Ohio lawmakers will need at least a second temporary budget before they can resolve their differences.

In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency and ordered state offices closed three days a month to save money as the state sank deeper into dysfunction.

Vice President Joe Biden outlined a $4.7 billion loan and grant program Wednesday to develop the infrastructure needed to deliver broadband, or high-speed, Internet access to areas that are underserved or without access.

At least 12 people, two of them suffering kidney failure, have been hospitalized in connection with a possible E. coli outbreak in beef suspected of having sickened people in nine states, federal health officials said Wednesday.

It's crowded. It's hot. You have to climb hundreds of steps to get there. And throngs of people can't wait to visit.

Two top contenders for Tennessee's Republican gubernatorial nomination say they have raised a combined $5 million through the six-month fundraising period that ends at midnight.

The Associated Press is reporting that powerful House Democrat Henry Waxman of California has been hospitalized.