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WASHINGTON – American Indian tribes are pressing to move gambling operations closer to cities where customers live, but Sen. John McCain is demanding that the Interior Department create a procedure to help decide when tribes can open off-reservation casinos. The requests from tribes are decided under exceptions to the 17-year-old …

WASHINGTON – U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Roger Ferguson announced on Wednesday he will step down effective April 28, in a surprise announcement that comes at a time of upheaval at the central bank. “My service on the board has been rewarding and stimulating, and it is now time for …

ATHENS, Tenn. – A prison volunteer and the murderer she allegedly helped escape were nabbed in a chance encounter with police, who were in a Tennessee mall parking lot discussing strategy for the capture when the couple walked out a bookstore, police said Saturday. The arrests of Toby Young and …