The Government's plans for new laws will do little to help hard-pressed families in Edinburgh South, claims a leading local Liberal Democrat.

Many people made redundant will be able to defer part of their mortgage payments for up to two years, Gordon Brown says.

Local sporting irony: The same week football's Dallas Cowboys say hello again to bad boy Pacman Jones, hockey's Dallas Stars say goodbye to bad boy Sean Avery. The less said about the miscreant Jones the better, but at least we

If the traffic's moving along, only about 45 minutes separates the two Dallas-area churches. Yet they couldn't be farther apart: one in a forgotten inner-city neighborhood and the other in the sparkly newness of a northern suburb. It's a distance

As Texans, we couldn't say for sure whether Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss deserves another term in the U.S. Senate. But we do know this: Barack Obama is better off because of Mr. Chambliss' runoff victory Tuesday, odd as that may

California used to add $0.22 per student, but in May the state's budget for the subsidy dried up and will likely run out earlier than expected. To avert a nutritional crisis, California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell requested $31.1

The centers, aside from opening on Saturdays for five hours and 30 minutes from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will accept phoned-in queries from Monday to Friday for 10 hours from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

In a statement, Bush said, "Mel's life story is a testament to the power of the American dream. Since immigrating to the United States from Cuba at the age of 15 as a part of Operation Pedro Pan, he has

A statewide, manual recount of the nearly 3 million votes cast for Franken and Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) is underway in Minnesota.

The first audit on the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) said the Treasury department has yet to institute mechanisms ensuring that limits to executive compensation and dividend payments are being followed. "Further actions are needed to formalize transition planning

Chambliss, a first-term senator, won against Jim Martin and ended Democratic hopes of gaining a 60-vote majority in the U.S. Senate that would have been able to block Republican filibusters. With 97 percent of precincts reporting, he had 57 percent,

In a the latest in a series of press conferences at the Hilton Chicago, the president-elect cited Richardson's work in New Mexico, which "saw the lowest unemployment rate in decades."

Common Cause on Tuesday urged the House Ethics Committee to expand its probe of Rangel, who chairs the powerful House Ways and Means panel.

This year's theme, "A Red, White and Blue Christmas," commemorates the "patriotic spirit that unites us as Americans," the first lady's press secretary, Sally Mcdonough, said in a statement.

The nation's Democratic governors held the election after a meeting between President-elect Barack Obama and the National Governors Association on Tuesday. Obama also met informally with the DGA Monday night.

As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown

St. Louis Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe, a Democrat representing the First Ward, is urging his constituents to start carrying firearms to protect themselves and their property. The St. Louis Police Department, he proclaimed, has lost the trust of the ward's

A Northeast Ohio school district is believed to be the first in the country to ask for federal bailout money. But Olmsted Falls school superintendent sayd the $100 million would be an efficient investment, not a bail out. WKSU's M.L.

Croatia assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council for December on Monday. Later this month, the country will host an international debate on global security and the fight against terrorism.

The Kosovo government started work Monday on a strategy to fight organised crime, corruption and smuggling, which it calls a threat to its Euro-Atlantic vision.