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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A stern-faced Gov.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's new government said Tuesday it is taking steps to use some 9 billion euros ($9.8 billion) in funds made available

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday said this year's budget deficit amounted to $98 billion (367 billion riyals) as lower oil

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's monarch said Wednesday that security and economic development remain the country's top priorities for

HARRISBURG, Pa.

BOSTON (AP) — A panel created to oversee the financially-strapped Boston-area transit system warned Tuesday of painful choices, including possible

HARRISBURG, Pa.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican foes of President Barack Obama's health care law may be able to get more by chipping away at it than trying to take

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress ended its chaotic year on a surprising note of bipartisan unity and productivity Friday, overwhelmingly approving a

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans overwhelmed divided Democrats to whisk tax breaks for businesses, families and special interests through the House

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Lawmakers in Cyprus on Thursday approved the budget for 2016 when the European Union member country expects to wrap up a

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament on Wednesday approved next year's budget of nearly 106 trillion Iraqi dinars, or about $89.7 billion, even as the

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders and the White House have reached agreement on a massive year-end tax and spending package, House Speaker

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia's government says its budget deficit is expected to worsen by 2.3 billion Australian dollars ($1.7 billion) due to the

The White House and top lawmakers are struggling to wrap up a year's worth of budget work and let Congress adjourn next week for 2015.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficit widened in November, driven by higher spending in areas as such as Social Security, Medicare and

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's new anti-austerity Socialist government has hit a snag: it needs to introduce more cutbacks to keep its pledge o

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The latest on Alaska Gov. Bill Walker's budget proposal (all times local):

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska faces a budget crisis like no other in the state's young history.

HOMS, Syria (AP) — The latest developments on the war in Syria. All times local.

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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska is projecting revenue from oil and gas production taxes at $172 million this year, a dramatic drop from t

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 5-year, $305-billion bill to address the nation's aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law Friday by

BOSTON (AP) — Bostonians like to think of themselves as hardy. Last winter, their transit system was anything but.

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's December, when Congress typically passes a last-minute package of temporary tax breaks, sparing millions of businesses and i

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine economy expanded 6 percent in the third quarter and officials Thursday forecast at least the same growth

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Treasury chief abandoned controversial cuts in tax credits for the working poor and kept police funding intact on

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In a story Nov. 23 about a shooting in a New Orleans park, The Associated Press reported erroneously the name of a professor.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials are quite sure someone knows the identities of the shooters who opened fire on each other in a crowd of

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — An anti-austerity alliance led by the moderate Socialist Party and including the Communist Party and radical left Bloc is t

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov.

MONTPELIER, Vt.

TORONTO (AP) — Canada's new Liberal government has inherited billions of dollars of deficits, the finance minister said Friday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Both men vying to follow Gov.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union warned Tuesday another three of the 19 countries that use the euro, including Italy, risk breaking the currency

DETROIT (AP) — Several U.S.

ORLANDO, Fla.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is facing multibillion-dollar deficits amid chronically low oil prices and relying on savings to help balance the

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidates agree that Islamic extremists are running rampant, the Mideast is on fire and Russia, China

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — On a trip through a Gulf squeezed by low oil prices, the head of the International Monetary Fund repeatedly called on countries

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates are debating for the fourth time in the 2016 nomination contest, this time in Milwaukee,

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Paul Ryan promises a big, bold agenda and says lawmakers won't shy from difficult choices.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Anti-austerity lawmakers forced Portugal's center-right government to resign Tuesday by rejecting its policy proposals at t

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal's prime minister told Parliament on Monday about his plans for the next four years, even though an unprecedented a

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas slashed its revenue projections on Friday, and Republican Gov.