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Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
At issue is whether plaintiffs have the right to sue when the products that hurt them had met federal standards.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
California legislative leaders and the governor have come to an agreement on the state budget, which is now roughly three months late.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
After investigators said an engineer in last week’s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes it impossible for Republicans to gain much ground on the issues of ethics and good government.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
The recommendations included a simpler application, Pell grant maximums linked to the consumer price index and federally financed college savings accounts for children in low-income families.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
The blueprint would change the city’s building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Treasury and Fed officials were discussing with leaders in Congress a plan for the government to buy up distressed mortgages.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
A backlash against short sellers has begun, with regulators in the U.S. and Britain tightening rules and authorities in New York intensifying investigations.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
The president spoke briefly on Thursday after remaining largely out of sight as Wall Street has become engulfed by a financial crisis.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Senator John McCain’s once easygoing if irreverent campaign presence — endearing to crowds, though often resulting in gaffes — has been put out to pasture.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
As Gov. Sarah Palin has moved to the national stage, Senator Ted Stevens, who goes on trial next week, has risen in some opinion polls in Alaska.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Todd Palin was one of 13 people subpoenaed in the inquiry into whether Gov. Sarah Palin or members of her administration abused their power in the dismissal of a top state administrator.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
A Spanish-language Obama ad misrepresents John McCain’s record on the immigration issue and his relationship with Rush Limbaugh.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
A privacy group filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday seeking to halt what it describes as illegal surveillance of Americans’ telephone and Internet traffic.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Remnants of Hurricane Ike swept through the region on Sunday, bringing torrential downpours and strong winds.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
As the veterans’ health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nation’s veterans.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
O. J. Simpson’s legal team began Thursday to mount a defense that will sound familiar to anyone who followed his 1995 murder trial.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Flashing headlights and honking horns penetrated the early-morning sky as police officers and first responders led drivers in a slow procession across the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Gov. Haley Barbour agreed to move a special election for Trent Lott’s former Senate seat to near the top of the November ballot, ending a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of absentee voting.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell of Alaska conceded to Representative Don Young in the Republican primary for Alaska’s only House seat.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Agriprocessors Inc., an embattled kosher meatpacker with a plant in Postville, Iowa, named a corporate lawyer from New York to be its chief executive, responding to an ultimatum from the leading kosher certifying organization.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
An Episcopal bishop, whose diocese is moving toward splitting from the national church, was ousted from ministry.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
A man charged in the killings of four people who died during a June killing spree in Illinois and Missouri has been charged with murder in four more bludgeoning deaths.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
Every year, an estimated 500,000 people trek to a lake to see a veritable carpet of carp, and the state has temporarily called off a plan to force people to stop feeding bread to the fish.<br/><br/><span class="advertisement"></span>
