Wegener was inspired by the crackdown on illegal immigration in Arizona, which in 2009 became the first state to require all businesses to enroll in E-Verify.
Reporting from Sacramento — Lawmakers struggling to keep cellphones away from California's most dangerous inmates say a main obstacle is the politically powerful prison guards union, whose members would have to be paid millions of dollars extra to be searched on their way into …
The WSJ said investigators have been unable to track the hacking to any specific individual or country. "So far, (the perpetrators) appear to have just been looking around," the Wall Street Journal quoted one unidentified person involved in the Nasdaq case. It reported that ano …
A small asteroid swooped within 7,366 miles of Earth on Feb. 4 — today — at 2:40 p.m.
Avoiding trials saves litigants time and money — a big selling point, particularly for risk-averse businesses in tough economic times. But many lawyers worry that grizzled trial veterans such as Branham and Walker are an endangered species and that the jury trial is vanishing.
Freshly reelected to another six-year term, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't holding back fire when it comes to his disagreements with President Obama over a ban on earmarks. "This is an applause line," the Nevada Democrat told NBC News Wednesday regarding Obama's …
Courthouse News Service reports that Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) is suing several companies affiliated with a House office building cafeteria for $150,000 for negligence over an "unfit and unwholesome" sandwich wrap he bought in April 2008 that contained an olive pit.
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Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel and his wife made nearly $2 million over the last five years and paid more than $300,000 in federal taxes, according to copies of federal income tax returns released by his campaign Thursday.
Dragan Stevic of Serbia is the new Egyptian hero who killed a large shark which had previously terrorized numerous tourists (injured 4 and killed 1) at the famous Egyptian resort Sarm El Sheikh.
Forty firefighters from at least three fire departments battled an intense fire at the Six Gun City Restaurant and Bar Wednesday morning.
According to the survey, majorities in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Nigeria would favor changing current laws to allow stoning as a punishment for adultery, hand amputation for theft and death for those who convert from Islam to another religion.
At least 13 state lawmakers in five states have defected to Republican ranks since the Nov. 2 election, adding to already huge GOP gains in state legislatures.
A vast difference in economic performance is driving the demographic shifts. Since 1998, California's economy has not produced a single new net job, notes economist John Husing. Public employment has swelled, but private jobs have declined.
"There was a lot of passion in that room," one senator said. "The reason is because the public is with us on our policies, but they're not getting the message."
Monthly checks sent to most Chandler municipal retirees are modest - about $20,000 a year in addition to Social Security benefits for those who held city posts for 20 years. But annual payouts for high-ranking officials and retired Chandler police officers and firefighters can b …
In the post-election "lame duck" session of Congress, Obama and the Democrats will focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. ... Oh, wait, no.
The Republican triumph in the House of Representatives has grown a little wider, with the party now capturing 61 seats in this month's midterm elections.
The problem hobbling the company that allowed James Bond his signature silhouette, and outfitted Dirty Harry with "the most powerful handgun in the world" is that it faces at least one large uncertainty Ruger doesn't have. In January, a Smith & Wesson sales executive was swept u …
Local authorities claim Steven Cowan (left) told officers that he felt Palin was not a good dancer and that she was only on the show because of her famous mother.
The former live-in boyfriend of an Ohio woman who has gone missing along with her two children and a friend says he last heard from her on Wednesday morning. Greg Borders says Tina Herrmann texted him on his way to work at a distribution center about 4:40 a.m.
Sometimes you just spend a lot to lose. A detailed analysis of the most recent campaign finance filings through Oct. 13 showed that Democrats who lost their re-election bids largely spent big bucks to do so.
MacFarlane-Barrow: I still feel a little embarrassed by this whole thing. Mary's Meals is a movement -- thousands of people all over globe doing small things every day so that hungry children can be fed, no one doing anything spectacular, just lots and lots of little acts of love.
A man who ran a red light, crashed and fled the scene is blaming a new designer drug known as "spice" for the incident.
The beheading of an illegal immigrant in Chandler has alarmed everyone from police agencies to the governor's office as the violence and mayhem now common in Mexico has spilled over onto this side of the border.
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Dennis Kucinich sues House cafeteria over olive pit
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