NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Mayor Ray Nagin's Martin Luther King Day remark that New Orleans will once again be a "chocolate city" has spawned a cottage industry of T-shirts. There are the "Chocolate City Police" shirts, which say "We're bitter" on the back, the New Orleans Times-Pi

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to spend close to $1 million gutting the first floor of her Washington house and adding a new room and pool house.

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TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Florida's former Secretary of State Katherine Harris lashed out at jokes made about her makeup during the presidential election recount of 2000.

MILWAUKEE, April 12 (UPI) -- Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., touted as a possible 2008 presidential candidate, is divorcing his wife of 14 years, he said in a statement.

DALLAS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Only 11 states will elect governors next week but there are a handful of close contests. The races in Missouri, New Hampshire and Utah are rated toss-ups by University of Virginia analyst Larry Sabato.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Oddball surveys in the U.S. presidential race may be more entertaining than conventional polling, but analysts say they shouldn't be taken seriously.

DALLAS, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. voters in about 30 states will soon be able to cast their ballots weeks before Election Day through absentee and early in-person voting.

DALLAS, June 30 (UPI) -- Scores of state laws take effect across the United States Thursday, ranging from measures on gay rights to a ban on awarding pets as prizes at fairs.