WASHINGTON (AP) — The co-chairmen of President Barack Obama’s deficit commission are sticking with politically explosive proposals to raise the Social Security retirement age and curb benefit increases in a revised plan to wrestle the deficit under control….

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Notes jotted on hundreds of clipboards create the raw data stream. Number crunchers in back offices do the rest as both sides in Minnesota’s close governor’s race chart every ballot challenged in a statewide manual recount of more than 2.1 million ballots….

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gay troops can serve openly in the armed forces without harming the military’s ability to fight, the Pentagon’s top leaders declared Tuesday, calling for the 17-year-old “don’t ask, don’t tell” ban to be scrapped and pointing to a new survey to show most troops won’t mind….

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government scrambled Tuesday to prevent future spills of U.S. secrets like the embarrassing WikiLeaks’ disclosures, while officials pondered possible criminal prosecutions and Interpol in Europe sent out a “red notice” for nations to be on the lookout for the website’s founder….

Teenager who shot himself after taking a teacher and 23 students hostage at his school in Wisconsin dies of his wounds.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin gave at least $507,000 to candidates and political causes in 2010 as she earned a reputation as kingmaker and raised her profile ahead of a possible presidential run….

Sydneysider was living on the streets and his whole life was in one bag. He’s now a web entrepreneur.

Study shows that most troops do not see a problem serving alongside openly gay colleagues, boosting calls for change.

Hanni Elabed was returned to the same jail unit with the inmates he snitched on. Six minutes later, this happened

Thousands take to streets in third protest this month against government plans to raise university costs.