The private sector is moving quickly to cash in on the new world of public assistance. Can the for-profits do a better job than government workers?

A still-unfolding scandal in Connecticut may bring even more attention to the unsavory practice known as "pay-to-play."

Can a strong mayor and a strong manager find happiness together in a city with big problems? So far, yes.

Combatting the homemade drug methamphetamine is proving to be a difficult and costly job for law enforcement agencies in many states.

In 22 years of service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, special agent Carson Dunbar was at the center of some of the world's most sensitive and pressure-packed investigations: the 1985 Achille Lauro cruise-ship hijacking, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the explosion of TWA Flight 800 in 1996.