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Roland Burris says he's never been involved in an improper deal and didn't strike any agreement to become Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick for the U.S. Senate.

President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts are running into opposition from senators in his own party who say they won't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs.

Vermont's lone nuclear power plant is cutting the amount of power it generates by 60 percent after finding a leak of mildly radioactive water.

Gov. Rod Blagojevich's defense attorneys have asked a federal judge to throw U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and all his assistants off the fraud and bribery case against him.

President-elect Barack Obama is urging Congress to postpone the Feb. 17th switch from analog to digital television broadcasting.

The Treasury Department says it has disbursed $266.9 billion from the $700 billion financial rescue program.

A South Carolina sheriff says he is almost certain human remains found in a wooded area are those of a missing nurse from Union County.

Prosecutors say Bernard Madoff had $173 million in signed checks in his office desk that he was ready to send out at the time of his arrest last month.

The new Congress has asked a federal judge to force the Bush administration to keep some of its disputed records at the White House instead of turning them over immediately to the National Archives.

Retailers are reporting dismal sales for December, confirming fears that the holiday season was the weakest in four decades.