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House Democrats' campaign arm announced today that it will pump $1 million into a get-out-the-vote ad campaign targeting two dozen congressional districts from Alaska to Maine.

Former Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold is getting a last-minute boost in his bid to return to Capitol Hill as the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund teams up with a Democratic political action committee looking to oust incumbent Republican Sen. Ron Johnson.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul and Democratic challenger Jim Gray sparred over regulation, the coal industry and the Supreme Court vacancy last night during their one and only debate of the cycle.

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Former Major League Baseball pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee is hoping to take the same loopy route to the Vermont Statehouse that his pitches once took to home plate.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After 30 years in public office in North Carolina, Roy Cooper is best known for what he's not.

The Supreme Court tomorrow will hear arguments in Venezuela's appeal of a lower court's decision to allow a case over the seizure of oil drilling rigs to go forward on U.S. soil.

HAZARD, Ky. — Lunchtime, and Frances's Diner is slow — slowest it's been since Frances Napier started serving her home cooking in Perry County decades ago.

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision this spring that landowners could sue the government over disputes on federally protected waters was hailed as a victory for property owners and developers.

After last week's surprise acquittals in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge armed standoff trial, critics are challenging how the FBI and Fish and Wildlife Service handled the occupation itself and suggesting their strategy may have hamstrung prosecutors.

Limiting diesel vehicles in central London would remedy the city's air pollution woes, according to a new report.

The German Cabinet today approved a draft law that would outlaw the cultivation of crops that contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Voluntary water restrictions began yesterday in Charlotte, N.C., as the area enters into drought state 1, or "moderate drought."

New Jerseyans queued up at gas stations Monday for one last tank of cheap gas.

South Carolina officials announced this week a rewards program for hunters who shoot coyotes in the state.

U.S. EPA re-approved the controversial pesticide Enlist Duo yesterday, overriding a prior agency decision that found the product acutely toxic.

The Air Force is being investigated for discharging 150,000 gallons of contaminated wastewater at a base in Colorado.

U.S. EPA has scheduled a public hearing and extended the timetable for feedback on its previously announced reconsideration of various aspects of oil refinery emission regulations.

Consumer preferences for trucks and sport utility vehicles may be offsetting the climate benefits of automakers' offering more cars with lower carbon emissions, U.S. EPA said in a report released today.

A longtime Interior Department leader will become the new head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as current Director Michael Black steps down to be senior adviser to the director, the department announced today.

While federal oil and gas leasing auctions are moving online, protesters have vowed to move outside Bureau of Land Management offices.

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