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A record total of 188 million potential voters have registered to vote in Tuesday’s election, according to figures compiled from the 50 states.

Here’s a shocker: almost half of Nevada homeowners with a mortgage owe more to the bank than their homes are worth.

The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office.

The refugees watched in anger as the U.N. tanks headed away from the battlefield and the Tutsi rebels they were supposed to be stopping. Critics say the mission was unprepared for violence.

A growing number of voters have concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska is not qualified to be vice president, weighing down Sen. John McCain’s campaign, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.

Taxpayers are already being asked to bail out Detroit. Do they also have to play investment banker for a GM-Chrysler merger — as well as help out a private equity giant?

Pittsburgh star Sidney Crosby leaves with ‘discomfort’ in the second period of a 4-1 loss to Phoenix on Thursday night.

In an interview airing on “NBC Nightly News,” Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that economic conditions would get worse before they got better no matter who was elected president.

Iran has recently tested ways of recovering highly enriched uranium from waste reactor fuel in a covert bid to expand its nuclear program, according to an intelligence assessment.

A small-market team and a short series often are guarantees of low television ratings for sports in this age of fractured audiences. The 2008 World Series added to that double whammy the disjointing impact of a long rain delay and a suspended game.