ESPANOLA, N.M. (AP) âÄî Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama promised new ideas Thursday to calm America's financial meltdown and help struggling families avoid mortgage foreclosure, saying...

Congress is considering a bill that would create a National Center on Campus Public Safety , which would be responsible for training schools in public safety techniques. The bill was introduced Sept. 8...

ATLANTA (AP) _ A long-awaited federal study of an X-ray alternative to the dreaded colonoscopy confirms its effectiveness at spotting most cancers, although it was far from perfect. Medicare is already...

Dean Barkley still remembers the first room he lived in when he came to the University in 1968 âÄî Frontier Hall , room 301. Now, the University alumnus and Minnesota native finds himself gaining...

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) âÄî Rescue crews canvassed neighborhoods inundated by Ike's storm surge early Sunday morning, racing against time to rescue those who faced a second harrowing night trapped...

LOS ANGELES (AP) âÄî In a surprisingly swift assessment, the operators of the commuter train involved in the head-on crash that killed at least 25 people blamed its engineer for the horrific accident....

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama made ground zero their common ground for one rare day, free of politics and infused with memory. Putting their partisan contest...

HOUSTON (AP) âÄî Cars and trucks streamed inland and chemical companies buttoned up their plants Thursday as a gigantic Hurricane Ike took aim at the heart of the U.S. refining industry and threatened...

In what can be a confusing election year, the nationâÄôs political parties want to make their positions on the issues clear. Party platforms, created during each presidential election, are meant...