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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House on Saturday rejected a Senate Democratic bill to raise the nation’s debt limit just three days before the d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the government can’t pay all its bills come Wednesday, odds are it will pay bondholders. Social Security and Medicare recipients ...

NIAGARA FALLS — Opponents of New York’s gay marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came Monday as doz...

WASHINGTON — Rival Democratic and Republican plans to raise the government’s borrowing ability have thrust Congress into a standoff just one week away...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — State officials are opening thousands of acres of public land around streams and lakes to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, part...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A cellphone-size stun gun found aboard a JetBlue plane arriving from Boston didn’t appear intended to be used in an attack, author...

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday proposed a 15 percent business tax credit for creating as many as 700,000 new jobs and helping put people ba...

CORNING — State Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, refused to say Wednesday if he would vote for a deal to raise the federal debt ceiling that included increas...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The women sat expectantly as Monica Knight told them she once routinely spent $600 a month on groceries for her family of four. Br...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A case that involved years of forensic investigation, weeks of often highly technical testimony and untold hours of media analysis tur...

LITTLE AXE, Okla. — Wanda Tiger and her husband needed a new home after a long-term house-sitting arrangement came to an end. But for members of their...

NEW YORK — The nation’s most extravagant display of July 4 fireworks Monday was a triumphant celebration that turned sober briefly to commemorate the ...

WASHINGTON — After Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden, the White House released a photo of President Barack Obama and his Cabinet inside the Situation ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will soon have access to a contract and email files that a one-time business acquaintance conten...

BUFFALO — A New York man suing Mark Zuckerberg for a stake in Facebook has changed attorneys as the multibillion-dollar social media company pushes fo...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will tout manufacturing as a key to America’s economic success during a trip to Iowa, as he seeks to counter criti...

NEW YORK (AP) — While praising New York state lawmakers as they debated legalizing gay marriage, President Barack Obama stopped short of embracing it....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are leading the criticism of President Barack Obama’s troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that h...