Building skateboard parks has become a national craze.

Dogfighting is a mostly inner-city, gang-related activity that generally gets little attention from law enforcement authorities.

Simon and Garfunkel used to sing about cars on the New Jersey Turnpike gone looking for America. The New Jersey Historical Society believes that America can be found on the Turnpike itself.

When Milwaukee County needed to hire an accounting firm to look over its books, it used to be able to count on multiple bids from a number of the large national accounting firms.

Texas' unemployment insurance fund is in danger of bankruptcy, necessitating a loan from the federal government so that the state can continue to pay benefits to unemployed Texas workers. It is one of a handful of states with troubled funds.