ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) âÄî Minnesota's unemployment rate continued to climb in February, hitting a seasonally adjusted 8.1 percent as the state shed another 13,300 jobs. The state Department of Employment...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) âÄî Gov. Bill Richardson, who has supported capital punishment, signed legislation to repeal New Mexico's death penalty, calling it the "most difficult decision in my political...

WASHINGTON (AP) âÄî Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades. Despite 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...

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...

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...