The jammed, noisy streets of New York's Lower East Side and the peaceful parks of California don't have much in common at first glance, but both are endangered by bulldozers or budget cuts.

John McCain took his presidential campaign to Barack Obama's home turf with a vengeance Monday, labeling the Democratic front-runner reckless on national security. he presumptive Republican nominee, reaching out to moderate, swing voters, blasted Obama for calling Iran's threat "tiny" compared to the former Soviet Union's.

The jury deliberating the fate of political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko is going home early.

Ohio parents are complaining to a school board that a chaperone sealed students in their hotel rooms with duct tape during a high school choir field trip to Chicago.

Chicago police say a handcuffed man who was attempting to escape from custody has died of head injuries he suffered when he fell out of a stationary police van after his arrest.