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A multiyear investigation has led federal agents to search the Office of Special Counsel's building. Employees have alleged that the agency, which investigates whistleblower complaints, was misused for political purposes. The FBI secured a separate subpoena for the agency chief's home, but no one has officially been charged with a crime.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a roomful of bankers Tuesday that they need to do more to help troubled borrowers. Banks have been giving borrowers who are about to default more time to make payments and are renegotiating interest rates in some cases, but few banks have considered reducing the principal owed.

The new vaccine against pandemic H1N1 influenza, commonly known as "swine flu," should soon become widely available across the country. Commentator Douglas Kamerow, a family physician and former assistant surgeon general, has a simple answer for the "immunize or not" question.

FBI agents on Tuesday raided the Office of the Special Counsel, the agency that investigates whistleblower and discrimination complaints by federal employees. The FBI is examining allegations of political misconduct by agency employees.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner went to Capitol Hill on Thursday with expansive plans to reduce "systemic risk" in the financial system. He called for new rules and better referees. And he was met with skepticism, particularly from Republicans.

A federal appeals court has ruled that a prisoner being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should not be designated an enemy combatant. The prisoner is a Chinese Muslim known as a Uighur, who has been imprisoned for more than six years.

Are county officials misleading the public about OxyContin usage among San Diego's young people? We speak to a North County Times reporter who investigated the county's claims.

A federal judge begins hearing testimony in a lawsuit filed by the California-based Disability Rights Advocates against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The suit seeks to force the VA to provide immediate mental health services to suicidal veterans.

While much of the attention paid to the Senate health bill has been about the public option or financing, there are many lesser-known provisions that would affect consumers, from breast-pumping at work to retiree health benefits.

Death row inmate Hank Skinner, found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and stabbing her two adult sons, is set to have his case go before the U.S. Supreme Court. His attorneys say prosecutors have refused to make evidence available for DNA testing.