After investigators said an engineer in last weeks collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train.
Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes it impossible for Republicans to gain much ground on the issues of ethics and good government.
The recommendations included a simpler application, Pell grant maximums linked to the consumer price index and federally financed college savings accounts for children in low-income families.
The blueprint would change the citys building codes to promote energy efficiency, and it calls for installing huge solar panels at municipal properties and building alternative fueling stations.
A backlash against short sellers has begun, with regulators in the U.S. and Britain tightening rules and authorities in New York intensifying investigations.
Todd Palin was one of 13 people subpoenaed in the inquiry into whether Gov. Sarah Palin or members of her administration abused their power in the dismissal of a top state administrator.
A privacy group filed a class-action lawsuit on Thursday seeking to halt what it describes as illegal surveillance of Americans telephone and Internet traffic.
As the veterans health system strains to handle a growing caseload, a move is under way in Congress to avoid yearly delays in financing that can hamper the medical care of the nations veterans.
Flashing headlights and honking horns penetrated the early-morning sky as police officers and first responders led drivers in a slow procession across the new Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis.
Gov. Haley Barbour agreed to move a special election for Trent Lotts former Senate seat to near the top of the November ballot, ending a dispute that had threatened to delay the start of absentee voting.
Agriprocessors Inc., an embattled kosher meatpacker with a plant in Postville, Iowa, named a corporate lawyer from New York to be its chief executive, responding to an ultimatum from the leading kosher certifying organization.
A man charged in the killings of four people who died during a June killing spree in Illinois and Missouri has been charged with murder in four more bludgeoning deaths.
Every year, an estimated 500,000 people trek to a lake to see a veritable carpet of carp, and the state has temporarily called off a plan to force people to stop feeding bread to the fish.
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