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Most Republican governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are pushing for passage of President Barack Obama’s economic aid plan that would send billions to states.

For four generations, the Greens have built Chevys, Oldsmobiles, Buicks, Pontiacs and Cadillacs. But with GM’s future uncertain, the family may have reached the end of the line.

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the largest National Guard call-up in state history on Saturday in order to help the state recover from a crippling ice storm.

Iraqis held their most peaceful election since the fall of Saddam Hussein on Saturday, and voting for provincial councils ended without a single major attack reported anywhere in the country.

In a country considered one of the most dangerous for journalists, no Russian newspaper has suffered like Novaya Gazeta.

Three recent U.S. Special Forces operations killed 50 people — the vast majority civilians, Afghan officials say — raising the ire of villagers and President Hamid Karzai.

President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to help lower Americans’ mortgage costs with a new plan, coming soon, that would revive the financial system and “get credit flowing again.”

Driving home at night from her Capitol office, the leader of Alaska’s House Democrats often passes the governor’s white-columned mansion and wonders why more lights aren’t on.

Game is premier advertising event with an U.S. audience of 100 million

About 20 people died Saturday in a nursing home fire in northwestern Russia, officials said.