Political Campaigns

Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced the indictment and arrest of Indianapolis financier Timothy Durham and two others, James Cochran and Rick D. Snow. Durham has been investigated for alleged manipulation of Fair Finance Company, an Ohio...

Gov. Charlie Crist this week will name two members to the state Public Service Commission, the board appointed to keep Florida's utilities affordable and dependable. It will be his last shot to appoint regulators who, as he puts it, represent the "best...

For many of us, it's time to hit the fast-forward button to move beyond 2010, with its depressing economy and nasty political campaigns. As the clock ticks toward midnight on Dec. 31, here's what to look for from revelers in Las Vegas, who may well...

Lawyers for Rod Blagojevich today asked a federal judge to throw out the remaining charges against the former governor because they have not been paid for months and are “stymied” in their ability to prepare for retrial next month. The...

About a week ago Walter Horner’s dog, Winston Teddy, a Pomeranian poodle mix named after two presidents, was sick. The Jennerstown resident called Dixie Dull, owner of Amy’s Animal Friends grooming and Needy Paws Rescue, both of Somerset....

Democrat Marc Ridilla announced he will seek his party’s nod for recorder of deeds in the upcoming primary. Ridilla, 58, Boswell, has worked in the surveying business since 1970. In 1994 he became a licensed professional land surveyor. As a...

Dear Nancy, I recently retired, went on a trip with my wife and am now settling into a routine of doing nothing all day. We can’t travel all the time. There must be more to retirement than this. What do you suggest? Research has shown that an...

Keith Olbermann's exit from MSNBC appeared abrupt to viewers of his show, but the talk-show host and his network were involved "in a relationship that's been failing for a long time," an NBC Universal executive said Saturday. Olbermann's announcement...

The gubernatorial race in Connecticut, already charged with political passion, has now received a second emotionally powerful jolt: the debate over what punishment to inflict on Steven Hayes, the man who has been convicted in the rape and murder of the...

The Republican-controlled House has voted to repeal the health care law President Barack Obama signed last year. The 245-189 vote marks the fulfillment of a promise many Republicans made in last fall's political campaigns. The measure has little or...

Can you imagine our congressmen — John Campbell and Dana Rohrabacher — surrounded by bodyguards each time they make a public appearance in Newport-Mesa? Me neither. With 435 representatives and 100 senators, that would be quite an army...

LOS ANGELES -- A campaign consultant for Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was fired Sunday after he told supporters in an e-mail that the campaign was planning to "put a political bullet" in the forehead of Huizar's opponent in the March 8...