AP - Even though he's not running for re-election this year, President Bush knows just what he would focus on if he were: the economy and taxes.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday signed into law a bill that will list the state among the largest producers of solar energy in the world. The legislation which calls for installation of 1 million rooftop solar panels on homes, businesses, farms, schools and public buildings over...

President George W. Bush said he endorses the limits imposed on emergency contraception for minors. His statement was his first direct public stand on the controversial issue that has detained a Senate confirmation vote for on his nominee, Andrew von Eschenbach, to head the U.S. Food and Drug...

Former U.S. President Gerald Ford, 93, has received a cardiac pacemaker following a medical procedure. Ford has been at the Mayo Clinic for a series of routine tests on the former Commander in Chief's health.

AP - Stepping outside the boundaries of strict political and diplomatic protocol gets no more attention than when the president of the United States does it. And President Bush has been doing a lot of it recently.

AP - Since the invention of the remote control, political campaigns have had a tough time persuading viewers to sit and watch their television ads rather than switching to another channel.

AP - Customers shop around when they buy an airline ticket or a new car, so why not when they need a hip replacement or treatment for a sore throat?

AP - The Republican candidate shunned by President Bush, the GOP establishment and many in his party is hoping conservative groups will get behind his longshot bid for the Connecticut Senate seat.

Reuters - President George W. Bush said on Monday the Iraq war was "straining the psyche" of Americans and conceded it would be a major issue in November elections, when control of the U.S. Congress is up for grabs.

AP - Car owners need to be told if their vehicles are equipped with event data recorders, commonly called "black boxes," the government said Monday.

Reuters - Norwegian shipping group Stolt-Nielsen said on Monday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to renew its amnesty status in an antitrust case in the United States.

Reuters - The war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb officers for the Srebrenica massacre is a step forward but justice but will not be done until other top fugitives are arrested, U.N. prosecutor Carla del Ponte said on Monday.

AP - Bureaucracy and a lack of money are slowing the rebuilding of New Orleans nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina hit, Mayor Ray Nagin said Monday.

AP - President Bush said Monday the Iraq war is "straining the psyche of our country" but leaving now would be a disaster.

AP - The No. 2 State Department official met with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in mid-June 2003, the same time the reporter has testified that an administration official talked to him about CIA employee Valerie Plame.

AP - While the British terror suspects were hatching their plot, the Bush administration was quietly seeking permission to divert $6 million that was supposed to be spent this year developing new homeland explosives detection technology.

AP - A federal judge Friday threw out a private group's effort to block a $39 billion deficit-reduction bill that was passed in different versions by the House and Senate.

AP - The disruption of an alleged terrorist plot to blow up airliners shows the importance of intelligence gathering and the need to pursue the "traitors" who recently leaked information about classified government programs, Sen. Rick Santorum said Friday.

AP - It's a bust of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton — in more ways than one. Cast in resin and bearing ample cleavage, a bust of the New York Democrat was unveiled this week at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan.

AP - After more than a decade of flying back and forth from Shanghai to Los Angeles, this week Sheng Yuan didn't fly back.