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Phil Murphy has won reelection as New Jersey's governor over Republican Jack Ciattarelli, according to the AP. Polls said Murphy had a strong lead over his GOP challenger but the race was very close.

Facing political and demographic changes in the state over the last decade, Republicans in Georgia used redistricting to expand representation in Congress while ceding ground in the state legislature.

20 years ago, Philadelphia high schooler Amir Sidiqi befriended his English teacher, Kevin Haney. That friendship came in handy when Sidiqi and his family were recently stranded in Afghanistan.

A winner is supposed to have been declared already in the last U.S. Senate race to be decided. The too-close-to-call contest in Minnesota is between GOP incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken. Instead, it looks like the new year will begin with the contest unresolved.

Walter Mooney, a research seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, Calif., says the aftershocks following the earthquake in China are typical so far, but there's no real way to predict them. Mooney tells Melissa Block his Chinese counterparts are surprised by the extent of the damage and loss of life after the quake.

Beginning Tuesday, voters in Ohio have a six-day window in which they may register and cast their ballot in the same day. Political campaigns are taking advantage of the target audience and inundating television viewers with ads. And it's not just the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, ads involving local initiatives are bombarding viewers too.

The federal deficit is expected to reach a record $482 billion by the time the next president takes office. Rich Wolf, a Washington correspondent for USA Today, says the number is due to the sagging economy and the stimulus payments to millions of Americans.

A federal report finds that housing prices were flat this spring and could be heading lower. Economists say the recent news is evidence that the real estate slump will be more prolonged and widespread than predicted.

The U.S. Supreme Court addresses the question of global warming for the first time, in a case in which states are asking the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases in vehicles and power plants. At issue is whether the Bush administration can refuse to regulate carbon emissions.

A drilling boom in Pennsylvania is helping the economies of Rust Belt cities long accustomed to bad news. Drilling requires lots of steel and that has manufacturers expanding and hiring new workers.