CBS is launching an unprecedented campaign to publicize its prime-time successes weeks in advance of the year’s most important ad sales season, trying not to be dragged down by the economy and struggling rivals.

The Rev. Al Sharpton says he feels vindicated by the outcome of a federal investigation of election law violations during his 2004 presidential campaign.

Meijer Inc. has agreed to pay $1.5 million to Michigan township officials related to unreported donations for a ballot initiative on a proposed store.

Veteran Sen. Arlen Specter says President Barack Obama has promised to campaign for him in next year’s Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.

Beneath the frozen plains of eastern Montana and Wyoming lie the largest coal deposits in the world _ enough to last the United States more than a century at the nation’s current burn rate.

Two owners of a Florida business that operates airport concessions have been charged with laundering more than $25,000 in donations to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s 2005 campaign.

A Jordanian businessman was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions to three presidential candidates.

A Jordanian businessman was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions to three presidential candidates.

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Jordanian businessman for allegedly making $60,000 in illegal campaign contributions to three presidential candidates and $5,000 to a governor.

The court-appointed receiver for R. Allen Stanford’s financial group has asked national political committees Monday to return campaign contributions they took from the disgraced Texas billionaire.