Silver Line To Dulles Wins Crucial Federal Okay
Federal regulators have approved a long-awaited extension of Metrorail to Tysons Corner and Dulles International Airport, virtually assuring construction of a $5.2 billion project that regional leaders say is crucial to ease congestion and spur economic growth in Northern Virginia.

Report: Federal Agents Taped Gov. Blagojevich
Federal agents made undercover tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich with the help of one of his closest advisers, according to a published report issued Friday.

Federal Reserve's Beige Book report isn't pretty for region
Business conditions have weakened across the mid-Atlantic region in recent weeks, a new federal report says.

Makers of electric cars want federal money, too
Funds for electric cars? Will the Bay Area's embryonic electric car industry get aced out by Detroit in the accelerating quest for federal funds? San Carlos' Tesla Motors is asking for a whopping $400 million to get its electric roadster further off the...

City urges Natomas residents to buy federal flood insurance before Monday
On Monday, new federal flood maps will take effect that place South and North Natomas in a hazard zone, meaning flood insurance becomes mandatory for homeowners with federally backed mortgages. The City of Sacramento has issued a news release reminding Natomas owners to buy lower-cost preferred risk flood insurance policies before the new maps become official. Otherwise, they could wind up ...

Federal earmarks give $11.5M to Treasure Coast area projects
Federal earmarks, decried as an evil by numerous politicians in the recent election cycle, directed at least $11.5 million to projects that had direct impacts on the Treasure Coast this year.

Report: Blagojevich recorded in federal probe
Report: Blagojevich recorded in federal probe

Big Three continue plea for federal money
House hearings into the Detroit auto mess are under way, with Congressmen listening to pleas from Detroit's automaker heads for a $34 billion infusion in federal assitance - a bailout the Big Three say is needed to keep American auto manufacturing alive.

Automakers Ask Lawmakers for Federal Aid
Executives of the Big Three U.S. automakers renewed their appeals today for as much as $38 billion in federal loans to help them survive the current economic recession, acknowledging past mistakes in their business models but warning of potentially devastating consequences if any of the companies are allowed to collapse.

Federal prosecutors drop 4 counts against Bonds
Federal prosecutors have dropped four counts of lying to a grand jury against Barry Bonds, leaving him to face trial next year on 10 counts of making false statements plus an addition obstruction of justice charge.

Federal judges consider how to release 52,000 California inmates without endangering public
SAN FRANCISCO - Three federal judges seem convinced that overcrowding in California prisons is so bad it leads to unconstitutional conditions. Now they must weigh whether ordering the release of nearly a third of the state's inmates would be a public safety nightmare.

Two shot in Federal Way park
People who live in the Alderdale Park area of Federal Way weren?t surprised to hear gunshots echo through their neighborhood Thursday afternoon.

Automakers say they could work with federal monitors
Big Three say they could work with federal monitors Humbled and increasingly desperate as new car sales plummet, the heads of the country's Big Three automakers said yesterday that the $34 billion government bailout they seek could be doled out piecemeal with federal monitors making sure the money was spent wisely.

Report: Blagojevich recorded in federal probe
Federal investigators have made covert tape recordings of Gov. Rod Blagojevich as part of their corruption investigation of his administration.

Pair sought in Federal Way park shooting
Federal Way police Thursday night were searching for two suspects in connection with the shooting of two people during an apparent drug transaction near a popular park.

Federal judge in Mobile rejects most of a lawsuit filed against maker of Splenda
A federal judge in Mobile knocked out the most serious allegations against the company that makes Splenda on Thursday and strongly urged the firm and the plaintiff group of Washington County homeowners to settle the remaining com plaint about...

Beshear urges federal help at Ford plant
LOUISVILLE . As the heads of the Big Three auto makers appeared before Congress to ask for financial help, Ford workers in Louisville rallied behind the industry, along with the governor and mayors of Louisville and Lexington. More than four dozen Ford Motor Corp. employees cheered and applauded at the Kentucky Truck Plant Thursday as Gov. Steve Beshear called for federal lawmakers to ...

Federal Parliament wraps up for 2008
Federal MPs have left Canberra for the last time this year after a turbulent final two weeks of Parliament.

Federal health funding welcome but more preferred: Gallagher
The ACT Government says the $10 million funding boost it has received from the Federal Government is useful but it would have liked more.

2 shot in Federal Way park
Two young men have been shot and wounded at a park in Federal Way.