VoteKansas.org

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal agency needs illusionist David Copperfield to help escape from criticism over now-canceled plans to hire a speaker to train agency leaders using "magic tools."...

NEW YORK (AP) -- It has been a year of milestones for the families of those killed on Sept. 11, with the death of Osama Bin Laden followed by the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Now another painful chapter is set to begin: the prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of 9/11....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It may be time for the world to acknowledge that a cease-fire is not holding in Syria, and that it is time to try another approach to stop the violence, the White House said Thursday....

Argentina has angered the Falkland Islands by broadcasting a political advert filmed on the territory without authorisation.

BEIJING (AP) -- On Thursday, legal activist Chen Guangcheng told the United States that he wants to leave China, deepening a diplomatic dispute. His case has drawn comments from other prominent Chinese activists and dissidents - both to Chen directly and in other forums....

Families who borrowed too much during the economic boom must share responsibility for the financial crisis, Philip Hammond says.

Former NFL star Junior Seau died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, a US coroner says, returning a verdict of suicide on the former San Diego Charger.

Reform-minded Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stymied by bureaucrats and monopoly tycoons.

UK Defence Secretary Philip Hammond criticises a "tasteless, provocative" advert showing an Argentine athlete training on a UK war memorial in the Falklands.

In Charlotte, churches cooperate in an experiment to attract twenty-somethings.

One of the more unusual tributes being planned for the Diamond Jubilee is a new portrait of the Queen - but one being made out of cakes.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Jurors in the John Edwards campaign fraud trial have the long holiday weekend to think over the case - but not talk about it - as the judge sternly warned before sending them home after six days of deliberations....

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- An anti-abortion group says it has the patient records of dozens of women and girls who sought treatment at a Kansas City, Kan., abortion clinic last month - a claim the clinic's attorney says is meant to scare off potential patients and would suggest a crime was committed....

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- An anti-abortion group says it has the patient records of dozens of women and girls who sought treatment at a Kansas City, Kan., abortion clinic last month - a claim the clinic's attorney says is meant to scare off potential patients and would suggest a crime was committed....

A New York grand jury has declined to indict a white police officer who shot and killed an ailing black veteran in his own apartment, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office said Thursday.

Do big-name rock reunions overshadow new talent?

Mitt Romney is rallying social conservatives to his campaign, but CNN's Jim Acosta reports it's still a work in progress.

Business-focused social networking website Linkedin said its quarterly profits more than doubled sending its shares up 10%.

The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee gave panel members a draft of a contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., citing the "refusal" of the nation's top prosecutor to cooperate in an investigation of the botched Fast and Furious gunrunning operation.

The ...

Young workers who enter the labor force in a recession suffer years of lower wages.