COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sen. George Voinovich said today he won't seek re-election in 2010, becoming the fourth Republican to make departure plans since the Democratic landslid...
In a late switch in plans, the union representing 200 workers at Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center have called off the vote on a new contract set for today.
Un...
MOGADISHU, Somalia — Five of the Somali pirates who released a hijacked oil-laden Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of a reported $3 million ransom after their ...
ALLENTOWN — Health officials say a dozen Pennsylvania residents, including some in Butler County, have been infected in a salmonella outbreak that has reached 42 states....
CHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White doesn't need to sign Roland Burris' appointment to the U.S. Senate to make it va...
City police are still investigating a one-vehicle crash that killed two people about 9 p.m. Friday on East Brady Street.
The driver of the vehicle and one passenger, a m...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House this morning voted overwhelmingly to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich, an unprecedented action that sets up a Senate trial on whether ...
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17 switch from analog to digital television broadcasting, arguing that too many America...
LOS ANGELES — An attorney for a woman convicted in a MySpace hoax directed at a teen who ended up committing suicide asked a judge to dismiss her convictions today, sayi...
WASHINGTON —The government says the nation's unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest since early 1993, as employers slashed 524,000 jobs.
The La...
