HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) âÄî A video released this week by a central Connecticut police department shows a former officer pummeling an unresisting suspect with his fists in an expletive-laced beating...

ROCHESTER, Minn. (AP) âÄî The Guardian Angels national crime-fighting group could put its beret-wearing patrols on the streets of Rochester by this summer. Local organizer Mike LaPlante says the...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it will spend up to $300 billion over the next six months to buy long-term government bonds, a new step aimed at lifting the country...

LOS ANGELES (AP) âÄî The city police union has asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to review the legality of former 1970s radical Sara Jane Olson's release to the state of Minnesota for her parole....

MADISON, Wis. (AP) âÄî Five Midwestern states sporadically enforce open government laws, with workers not adequately trained to carry out the policies, according to a new report from Citizen Advocacy...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî The head of battered insurance giant AIG told Congress on Wednesday that "we've heard the American people loudly and clearly" in their rage over executive bonuses and appealed...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) âÄî Valero Energy will buy seven ethanol plants, including one in Minnesota, from VeraSun Energy for $477 million, the largest biofuel buyout in terms of production capacity....