VoteKansas.org

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Labor unions, saying they can't hope to compete with the new breed of conservative fundraising groups, plan to spend less money this year on specific candidates and political party organizations and more on door-to-door canvassing, phone banks and registration drives to help President Barack Obama and other Democrats....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Labor unions, saying they can't hope to compete with the new breed of conservative fundraising groups, plan to spend less money this year on specific candidates and political party organizations and more on door-to-door canvassing, phone banks and registration drives to help President Barack Obama and other Democrats....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Labor unions, saying they can't hope to compete with the new breed of conservative fundraising groups, plan to spend less money this year on specific candidates and political party organizations and more on door-to-door canvassing, phone banks and registration drives to help President Barack Obama and other Democrats....

A cancer charity calls for the introduction of an outright smoking ban in Wales, on the day that the majority of hospitals outlaw it from their grounds.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is poised to pass a bipartisan overhaul of highway and transit programs, increasing pressure on House Republicans to come up with their own bill or accept the Senate plan....

The sister of IRA murder victim, Mary Travers, says she feels a sense of justice that one of her killers is to be moved from her Stormont post.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's parliament began Wednesday to question President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy and challenged the country's supreme leader....

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich made what's expected to be his final speech before he heads to Colorado to start a prison sentence after a corruption conviction.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats alike insist the United States should stay the course in Afghanistan, sticking to President Barack Obama's timetable for withdrawing American troops despite the massacre of Afghan civilians and the burning of Qurans - two offenses blamed on the U.S. military that have stoked anti-American anger....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It might be dismissed as an election year gimmick by the big shots who run Capitol Hill, but frustration over Congress' failure to pass a budget since 2009 has given surprising momentum to a bill that would cut off lawmakers' pay if they can't - or won't - pass a budget blueprint....

SUVA, Fiji (AP) -- Fiji's military commander has disbanded the Great Council of Chiefs, a leadership tradition on the Pacific island nation that dates back more than 130 years....

Timelapse footage of construction of the roof of the new concourse at London's King's Cross station, which will more than double capacity in time for the Olympic Games.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum picked up at least 29 delegates Tuesday after winning the Alabama and Mississippi Republican presidential primaries....

At least 28 people - including 22 children - die when a Belgian coach crashes in a road tunnel in Switzerland, police say.

Brooks arrest puts PM's relationships in spotlight

LAIZA, Myanmar (AP) -- Forced to skim the ground under a 100-foot (30-meter) cloud ceiling, fighting rain and wretched visibility, the C-47 Skytrain probably proved an easy target for Japanese gunners. Packed with ammunition, the aircraft exploded, plunging into a jungle that swallowed it up for 57 years....

Jury begins deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a former Rutgers student accused of spying on and intimidating his gay roommate, who later killed himself by jumping off New York's George Washington Bridge.

The coroner is due to deliver his verdict in the inquest into the death of a woman who lived in Camelford when the Cornish village's water supply was poisoned.

China says it will allow the yuan to float more freely as part of its efforts to reform its currency policy.

David Cameron and Barack Obama stress progress is being made in Afghanistan and pledge to complete the mission, at a joint White House press conference.