Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown changed course and demanded he be sworn in to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on Thursday, an accelerated timetable that conservatives had been clamoring for and one that Democrats quickly accepted — and had already been moving to accommodate. Brown ...

It was lobsters versus crabcakes in Sunday's NFL playoff game, and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley says he wants his lobsters. O'Malley and fellow Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick of Masschusetts had a friendly wager over the outcome of the playoff game between the ...

The governors of 11 Northeast and mid-Atlantic states have signed an agreement to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels. The goal is to lower the carbon content of fuels used by vehicles, which represent about 30 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the region ...