Colorado Democrat Romanoff sells home to help finance US Senate bid

Colo. candidate sells home to finance Senate bid

Calif. gov hopeful Brown invites over GOP rival Whitman after questioned about his $1.8M home

Brown invites rival Whitman to house for tea

Hartford, Conn., mayor convicted of taking a bribe, attempted extortion

Hartford, Conn., mayor convicted of corruption

Conn. prosecutor, defense lawyer give closing arguments in Hartford mayor’s corruption trial

Closing arguments given in Hartford mayor’s trial

British Treasury minister resigns for claiming taxpayer money for rent in partner’s homes

UK Treasury minister resigns amid expenses scandal

Texas AFL-CIO makes fun of Perry’s high living, offers to rent him a mobile home for $1 a year

Labor group offers Texas Gov. Perry a mobile home

Third time’s the charm: After failing twice, Tampa wins bid to host 2012 GOP convention

Tampa wins bid to host 2012 GOP convention

Supreme Court turns down ACORN’s request for help on lawsuit

Court turns down ACORN request for help

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has turned down ACORN’s request for help in its lawsuit claiming Congress was wrong to shut off the activist group’s federal funding.

Residents of Camden, NJ’s Tent City, with its 16 rules to live by, may be ousted this week

Residents of Camden, NJ, Tent City may be ousted

Government announces changes to help communities struggling to use foreclosure grants

Changes to federal foreclosure program announced

4 lawmakers plead innocent to dishonest accounting in the UK’s expense claims scandal

4 UK lawmakers in court over expenses scandal

Once-revered South Carolina lawmaker freezes to death alone in rented home at 75

Once-revered SC lawmaker freezes to death alone

HUD asks gay communities in Chicago, NYC, San Francisco for help with discrimination study

HUD seeks help with anti-gay discrimination study

UK auditor criticizes Britain’s ‘deeply flawed’ politics, demands 392 lawmakers pay money back

UK auditor: 392 lawmakers to pay back expenses

Michigan gets $223.9M million to tear down blighted buildings, revitalize neighborhoods

Mich. gets $223.9M for neighborhood revitalization

If grass is greener in Flint, does it matter? 3-year study looks at economic, social effects

Flint study asks: How does well-kept grass matter?

A year after Israel’s war on Hamas, Gaza _ and peace efforts _ are frozen