ABERDEEN, Scotland, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Scottish officials have criticized a police department after a male stripper was arrested 22 times -- but never convicted -- for impersonating a police officer.

BATON ROUGE, La., May 3 (UPI) -- Louisiana state Sen. Steve Scalise and state Rep. Don Cazayoux won special elections Saturday to represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives.

BATON ROUGE, La., April 6 (UPI) -- Steve Scalise is a step closer to winning the 1st Congressional District seat previously held by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, having won the Republican primary.

WESTBURY, N.Y., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Jewelry and home furnishing store Fortunoff, with 20 U.S. locations, filed for bankruptcy Monday and agreed to a purchase offer from Lord & Taylor.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- The prospect of two open U.S. House seats in Louisiana brought out at least six candidates Tuesday, the first day for would-be congressmen to register.

BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Richard Baker, who has represented Louisiana in the U.S. Congress for 22 years, plans to leave in February to become a lobbyist for the hedge fund industry.

NEW YORK, April 27 (UPI) -- The continuing exodus of companies from the United States to nations that are less litigious and bureaucratic has U.S. financial experts worried. The head of the New York Stock Exchange told a congressional panel that, unless the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act i

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- With the 2006 hurricane season just four months away, critics say U.S. President Bush's leadership in helping the Katrina-ravaged coast has been weak.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- The Bush administration has rejected a Louisiana congressman's proposal to create an agency to buy New Orleans homes ruined by Hurricane Katrina.