Foxx and Lassiter work phones, polls in closing hours of tight mayor's race

The final hours of the closest mayor's race in recent memory looks much like the previous eleven months.

Anthony Foxx and John Lassiter worked the phones and hit the streets today, hoping

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AP: La. justice quits after interracial wed flap

A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned.

Louisiana Secretary of State's Office spokesman Jacques Berry says Keith Bardwell's resignation is effective Tuesday.

Bardwell refused to perform the ceremony for Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay because they are of different races.

Bardwell has...

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Afghan corruption tough to combat

President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his two vice presidents _ both former warlords widely believed to...

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Buffett's big bet: $34B on 2nd-largest railroad

The biggest name in investing is making what he calls an "all-in wager" on the U.S. economy _ $34 billion to own a railroad that hauls everything from corn to cars across the country.

The...

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Election 2009: Test of Obama clout in NJ, Virginia

President Barack Obama's political clout was on the line Tuesday as Virginia and New Jersey chose governors in contests that could serve as warning signs for Democrats about the public's mood...

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