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The Federal Reserve signaled its willingness to keep interest rates at record lows for the next two years after acknowledging that the economy is weaker than it had thought with increasing risks.

House Speaker John Boehner is showing new flexibility on tax rates in back-and-forth talks with President Obama on the "fiscal cliff."

A challenge to the way a western New York State town board has had prayers read before its public meetings has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

That "be on the lookout list" used to flag Tea Party groups for extra scrutiny of their tax-exemption applications?

Jared Loughner is accused of committing some of the worst political crimes in recent memory -- the killing of a federal judge and the attempted assassination of a member of Congress. Now Loughner has one of the best defense lawyers in the country. Judy Clarke is a federal death penalty expert with a reputation for taking on daunting cases.

Two contests for San Diego Unified school board seats probably haven't been on the radars of lots of voters in the City of San Diego.

A shabby old fishing port on the South Coast of Massachusetts was once known as the City That Lit the World. Its whale oil powered candles and lamps around the country.

Freddie Mac has invested billions of dollars betting that U.S. homeowners won't be able to refinance their mortgages at today's lower rates, according to an investigation by NPR and ProPublica.

We'll be posting updates after the report's 8:30 a.m. ET release.

A man accused of making explosives at his rented Escondido home -- one of which injured a gardener -- was indicted by a federal grand jury, so local charges were dismissed today.