ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 4 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was facing a tough road ahead in serving out her term in office had she chosen to stay on the job, political analysts said.
WASILLA, Alaska, July 3 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday she will resign as governor by the end of July and will not seek a second term in 2010.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate Democrats say they have dropped plans for a full-scale economic stimulus bill to be introduced in next week's lame-duck session of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama said Saturday that members of the U.S. Congress should begin implementing a rescue plan for the nation's economy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Democratic congressional leaders threw water on the possibility of passing a second stimulus plan for the U.S. economy during the lame-duck session.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders may reconvene the U.S. Congress soon after the election to work on an economic stimulus package.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- The American Civil Liberties Union Monday urged a "Just Say No" agenda for the lame-duck session of the U.S. Congress this week.
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- British environmental officials Monday confirmed a duck shot in Scotland had bird flu, but not the strain scientists fear will become a human pandemic.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- Gov. Jesse Ventura, miffed at the political tone of the memorial for Sen. Paul Wellstone, Friday considered appointing "John Q. Citizen" to replace the late senator for the lame-duck session of the 107th Congress. A spokeswoman for the governor's office s
LOS ANGELES, April 16 (UPI) -- The Los Angeles City Council was scheduled Tuesday to take up the politically charged issue of Police Chief Bernard Parks. Parks wants the council to overturn the Police Commission's decision not to grant him a second term, a decision that irked the Afric
