At a time when Jesse Ventura's approval ratings have sunk below 50 percent for the first time since he was elected governor of Minnesota, and a thinly disguised novel about him by humorist Garrison Keillor languishes on remainder tables in bookstores, it's hard to say what the public's response will be to a Broadway musical called "The Body Ventura."

They're not as notorious or dangerous as, say, the "Texas Seven," but Atlanta's transit system recently dubbed a group of local lawbreakers the "Famous Five," and it has taken the unusual step of permanently banning them from the city's subways and buses.

Several state and local investment funds took a beating in the Enron debacle. It could have been much worse.

A new, provocative report finds places where the economy is growing strong even though the population isn't.

Even before September 11, the Zenith City Airport Authority was in trouble. Everyone knew it--sort of. The mayor and city council knew it. So did the governor and the legislature.