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Internal investigations into the conduct of several House members have been exposed in an extraordinary, Internet-era breach of security involving the secretive process by which Congress polices lawmaker ethics.

WASHINGTON, D.C. Obama signs hate crimes bill President Obama signed hate crime legislation that extends civil rights protections to people based on sexual orientation, saying the nation would be a place where "we're all free to live and love as we see fit." The law expands federal hate crimes to include those committed against people because of ...

SBA: Tribal corporations could still obtain no-bid contracts without set limits.

With his delays exhausted, Bill Allen, the central figure in Alaska's public corruption scandal, was in Anchorage federal court this morning to be sentenced on bribery, conspiracy and tax charges.

Ten years ago the state Legislature was the pivotal player in determining the future of subsistence hunting and fishing management in Alaska.

SENTENCING: Supporters seeking leniency effusive with praise, but sexual abuse allegations resurface.

Attorneys on Monday will begin culling the largest jury pool ever called in Eldorado, Texas, to try to find 14 people in a county of 2,800 who can set aside what they have heard about a polygamist sect whose alleged marriages involving underage girls triggered a police raid that swept more than 400 children into state custody last year.

Citing two unidentified sources, the Washington Post reports that the head of the public integrity unit of the U.S. Department of Justice plans to relinquish his role and return to Massachusetts.

Alaska's congressional delegation has asked the Air Force to station the new F-35 fighter at Eielson Air Force Base.

REJECT MOTION: They say evidence against ex-legislator is overwhelming. Published: October 23rd, 2009 05:28 PM Last Modified: October 23rd, 2009 10:30 PM After months of backtracking in its prosecutions of the Alaska corruption cases, the Justice Department said Friday that former House Speaker Pete Kott received a proper trial in 2007 and his ...

Lt. Dan Welborn tells The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that bullets were flying early Tuesday at the Super 8 Motel on Airport Way.

Alaska Republican Rep. Don Young refused to comment Thursday on allegations he accepted bribes from the businessman at the heart of a federal probe into corruption in Alaska politics.

"For the Rights of All: Ending Jim Crow in Alaska" is a documentary that highlights the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention this week in Anchorage.

The key witness in the federal government's corruption cases against several Alaska politicians, including former U.S. Sen.

Dozens of executives at Internet companies large and small have signed their names to an open letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski urging him to stay the course in regard to his plan to give existing open Internet guidelines the force of regulation.

The U.S. Justice Department says it wants reforms to prevent prosecutorial miscues such as the ones that led to a former senator's conviction being tossed.

If you haven't heard, a major crime was committed five years ago. Texas executed an innocent man.

CAMPAIGN: Legal fees take toll on congressman's money for next election. Published: October 14th, 2009 09:28 PM Last Modified: October 14th, 2009 09:28 PM U.S. Rep.

Sen. John McCain says Sarah Palin remains a formidable force in the Republican Party despite widespread criticisms of his 2008 running mate.

Alaska must unite to tout its natural resource potential to world industry and Washington, ex-senator tells Alliance crowd Citing the spirit and drive of statehood proponents 50 years ago, former U.S. Sen.

Retired NBA star Jayson Williams is closer to learning if a judge will agree that racial bias was involved in a manslaughter case against him seven years ago and that his convictions for covering up the crime should be thrown out.

In a Congress filled with fiefdoms of special-interest spending, one man is king - Rep.

A political power broker and an investment executive who advised government officials in several states have pleaded guilty to securities fraud in connection with a "pay-to-play" scandal at New York's public pension fund.

You know the title, now see the cover of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue." The former Alaska governor's memoir, a top-seller online weeks before publication, will feature an outdoor shot of Palin, wearing an American flag pin on her red fleece top, eyes turned slightly from the camera as she smiles confidently into the horizon, a patchwork of Alaska ...

Sarah Palin has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced.

Walls would span the Susitna River in Matanuska-Susitna Borough and create a reservoir; water falling from the higher water level would produce kinetic energy, spinning turbines set within the dam.

Sen. John Ensign of Nevada was only beginning to emerge from a self-imposed political exile over fallout from his extramarital affair with a campaign aide.

A federal judge ruled Thursday that the FBI must publicly reveal much of its interview with former Vice President Dick Cheney during the investigation into who leaked the identity of a CIA operative.