The latest SurveyUSA poll says Tinklenberg now has a nominal lead over Bachman, 47-44 percent. The results are within the polls' margin of error and is considered a statistical tie.

In an interview with Washington Times, McCain said his party had "just let things get completely out of hand" in the past eight years.

Most of the disaster relief money from the U.S. Department of Transportation will be used to make repairs to bridges and dozens of roads that were damaged during this summer's historic flooding, but some money will go to repair damage

The Democratic presidential candidate announced on Tuesday that he would leave the campaign trail late this week because his 85-year old grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom he calls "Toot," became gravely ill.

Marcia Stirman, head of the Republican Women of Otero County, sent a letter to Alamogordo Daily News early this week stating why she is a Republican. The published letter read, "I believe in a sovereign God who sometimes gives us

At 7 percent, statewide unemployment in North Carolina is at a six-year high and still rising. When a worker loses their job there is less money going into the economy in general.

The 30-second spot to be "televised in key states," begins with an announcer saying, "Listen to Joe Biden. Talking about what electing Barack Obama will mean."

Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) leads Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) the state by only one point, or 48-47 percent.

Pine Bluff Poultry LLC had announced last December that a new plant to process spent laying hens would open in Spring 2008, employing 300 workers paid $12 an hour. Pine Bluff Poultry bought an old plant that Tyson had vacated

IWCO announced its Elm City, North Carolina facility was closing immediately and gave 60-days severance pay to the 380 employees who had earned from $9 to $25 an hour.

TWO male students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka in Anambra State who were allegedly caught in a robbery act in Asaba met their waterloo as they were instantly lynched to death by irate mob.

Police have dismissed reports of an organised gang targeting businesses in the Nairobi city centre even in the face of glaring evidence to the contrary.

Director-General of Bureau of Public Procurement, Engr. Emeka Ezeh says strict compliance with the Procurement Act will drastically curb corruption in the country.

More than 40 people have been arrested countrywide for peddling papers purported to be copies of the on-going Form Four national examinations.

The police in Oyo State and family of former Deputy National Chairman of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP), Chief Augustus Babalola, have disagreed on the cause of his death.

Former MP Raphael Wanjala will appear in an Indian court on Friday, 16 days after he was arrested in that country.

An inmate at King'ong'o Prison in Nyeri South District escaped on Thursday from a farm where he had been allocated work.

A court in Singida has sentenced a 26-year-old man to 60 years in jail for rape and robbery.

The Director General National Sports Commission Amos Adamu Wednesday pledged to involve the ICPC in a bid to rid sport of corruption in Nigeria.

World Bank has said Nigeria is a startling example of reduced corruption in Africa.