
12 minutes ago - By Associated Press
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports. Complete Story...
Nov 17 - By AllisonLinn
Caviar and cocktails are out, while casseroles and cookie trays are in as many employers scale back holiday party plans this year in recognition of an economy still struggling through a deep downturn.

Nov 2 - By Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director
- Every election matters. Anyone that tells you otherwise doesn't understand politics.

Oct 31 - By Beth Fouhy, Associated Press Writer
Third party candidates are shaking up two major races in elections Tuesday, and the success of those candidacies is a warning shot fired at both major parties by voters angry at government and disillusioned by politics as usual.
Oct 23 - By Associated Press
The lawyer for a woman accused of drunken driving when her car full of children crashed, killing an 11-year-old, says she remains distraught and on suicide watch more than two weeks after the New York City wreck.
Aug 29 - By Associated Press
A top official in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party says that he and other officials plan to step down from their posts over its apparent crushing defeat in parliamentary elections.
Aug 29 - By Associated Press
Police say gunmen sprayed bullets into a group gathered for a birthday party on Long Island, hurting four men.
Aug 25 - By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press Writer
Latino voters celebrated a federal court ruling Tuesday that came down against the Texas Democratic Party and could put the complicated "Texas Two-step" presidential delegate system in jeopardy.
Jul 27 - By Genaro Armas, Associated Press Writer
Penn State University is now the nation's No. 1 party school. The school known partly for its football tailgate weekends and fraternity and sorority scene snatched the title away from the University of Florida in the 2009 Princeton Review survey of 122,000 students nationwide. Florida, last year's winner, finished second in the annual survey released Monday.
Jun 17 - By Associated Press
Four people have been charged in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old girl at a stop-the-violence block party in New Jersey's capital.
Jun 16 - By Associated Press
The ruling Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, the People's Daily, is expanding its coverage as part of a reported multibillion-dollar drive to expand China's international media influence.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Wisconsin's Democratic Party says it now has the nation's youngest state chairman in either party.
Jun 7 - By Beth DeFalco, Associated Press Writer
At least one gunman sprayed upward of 20 bullets into a block party for a city council candidate, killing a 13-year-old girl, authorities said.
May 24 - By Associated Press
Police say a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend at an Arizona high school graduation party apparently was upset at seeing the couple kiss.
May 22 - By Zinie Chen Sampson, Associated Press Writer
Liberty University has told its fledgling College Democrats club it can no longer be a campus group, saying the party stands against the conservative Christian school's moral principles.

May 14 - By Associated Press
Mexican officials are going hog-wild over pork to encourage their countrymen to put the pig back in the taco.
May 14 - By Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director
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Apr 28 - By Associated Press
Senators who have switched parties since 1900 and the political parties they represented while in Congress:
Apr 27 - By Associated Press
Authorities in Florida are looking for gunmen who killed one person and wounded eight others when they opened fire during a block party in honor of a slain teen.
Apr 22 - By Don Thompson, Associated Press Writer
The California Republican Party and a Democratic state senator are denouncing as anti-Semitic an online poster that promoted last week's nationwide "tea parties."
Apr 3 - By Adam Goldman, Associated Press Writer
Who cares about a few raindrops? Both the Yankees and Mets are set to take their new stadiums for a test drive with exhibition games Friday evening.

Apr 1 - By Associated Press
A mother is accused of providing alcohol to young teens at a party in Missouri and offering $10 to whomever could chug a glass of vodka the fastest.
Mar 18 - By Mike Celizic, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
The freshest new voice of the Republican Party comes at you with the fervor of an evangelical preacher and the fast delivery of a tobacco auctioneer. His message is clear, his convictions rock-solid, his self-assurance in Rush Limbaugh territory.

Mar 17 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
Alison DeRuiter of Phoenix showed up at party recently and went home with $542.
Feb 18 - By Kelley Shannon, Associated Press Writer
Latino voters who sued the Texas Democratic Party, claiming its presidential delegate system discriminates against Hispanics, are getting another chance to make their case.