AUSTRALIA is faring well in the global financial crisis but the bottom line is bad for families, according to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. POLICE have charged two men after a woman was allegedly attacked and repeatedly stabbed at Crown casino. The ...

RAPIDES PARISH FAIR: Wednesday through Sunday, The Mighty Thomas Carnival appears with a show to provide thrilling rides, fun games, and tasty carnival treats at the Coliseum fairgrounds for the 26th straight year. Feature attractions on the midway ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A former San Francisco supervisor pleaded guilty to three felony charges Friday and admitted to trying to shake down city business owners with planning permit problems. Powell says Sen. Stevens' integrity "sterling" Reuters - Fri Oct ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) _ A man who state police said had a blood alcohol level more than six times the legal limit when he was arrested in July has pleaded no contest to drunken driving. As part of a plea deal, Stanley Kobierowski was sentenced Friday ...

by Mark Silva ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Here in the king of the Old South states that hasn't backed a Democratic candidate for president since John F. Kennedy, there sure are a lot of Barack Obama campagin door-knockers. OK, we live..... The next ...

Need advice about how to handle your personal finances? Whether the struggle is saving for retirement, organizing your bank files, or talking about money responsibility with your spouse or loved one, Post personal finance columnist Michelle ...

NEW ORLEANS - Job growth in Louisiana will virtually stop in 2009 as the nation goes into recession but should pick up in 2010, according to an annual economic forecast released Wednesday. But gains are expected both years in the Baton Rouge, Houma ...

She was born July 24, 1941, to the late James and Josephine (Brant) Foster in Benton Harbor, Mich. On April 16, 1966, she married Fred Charles in South Bend, Ind. Sandy, along with her family, moved from St. Joe, Mich., to the Escanaba area in 1970 ...

Mayor Kip Holden says Baker developer Ted Hicks was behind the campaign of the three challengers he easily defeated in Saturday's election. During an interview this morning on WRKF-FM's The Jim Engster Show Holden said Hicks got Wayne Carter, Dan ...

For the fifth consecutive year, the Cairo Marriott Hotel and Omar Khayyam Casino was selected by over 20,000 readers of the Condé Nast Traveler guide as being among the “World’s Top 700 Places to Stay” in 2006. Pictured: Ulrich Huth (general ...