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Sen. Ted Stevens used the star power of former Secretary of State Colin Powell to defend his reputation Friday as the Alaska Republican stands trial on charges of lying on financial disclosure forms.

District of Columbia police are planning to crack down on crime in Adams Morgan following a recent string of robberies.

The Connecticut Supreme Court gave gay couples the right to marry, ruling Friday that the legislature's civil-unions law discriminates against homosexuals in violation of the state constitution.

NoMoreClipboard.com, an online PHR company, is working with Howard University Hospital to offer personal health records to diabetic patients in the Washington, D.C. area.

As the national economic meltdown takes its toll on local economies, some states are enjoying unprecedented prosperity.

The District of Columbia may start requiring families who receive adoption subsidies to provide proof that the children are being cared for.

Idaho is among 46 states and the District of Columbia that secured a pledge from Shell Oil to reduce cigarette sales to children at the giant oil company's service stations.

A Maryland woman suspected of killing her two daughters and freezing their bodies was convicted of a misdemeanor and had past financial problems but was still able to adopt the girls and collect a $2,400 ...

Monday, October 06, 2008 "Election Protection Wiki" Dear Mark, The non-profit, non-partisan Center for Media and Democracy has launched a dynamic new website to help safeguard the fairness and integrity of US ...

Wyoming residents are closed-minded, disagreeable and not very conscientious compared to people in nearly every other state, according to a new study of the personalities of more than 600,000 people nationwide.

Yet another White House hopeful plans on visiting Nebraska. On the heels of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's visit to Omaha on Sunday, presidential candidate Ralph Nader will come to the city.

DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, an organization that tackles a variety of issues in solving problems that affect D.C. residents and employees, last week released its fourth report card evaluating the ...

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Most often when systems administrators abuse their access to corporate networks and systems, the end result is either data theft or network sabotage on a massive scale.

Main Category: Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Also Included In: Medical Malpractice / Litigation Article Date: 30 Sep 2008 Today, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley's Office has settled with Walgreens ...

Railroad operator Norfolk Southern has issued its first corporate sustainability report.

The hypocrisy that is in Washington D.C. knows no bounds. As the Senate went to the floor and passed a bill that is going to lock the American worker into a debt that will only get worse as social security is ...

The woman who says she lived for months with the corpses of her two daughters in a freezer was the girls' foster mother before she adopted them from the District of Columbia .

WASHINGTON The typical nursing home was cited for seven health and safety deficiencies last year, with for-profit homes more likely to have problems than facilities run by local governments or non-profits, ...

The mixed bag of voting methods and systems in the 2006 general election varied across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, and is not expected to change substantially for the 2008 general election.