COLUMBIA, SC - Two South Carolina legislators say state employees shouldn't have to answer the phone with Gov. Nikki Haley's mandated cheery greeting unless it's truly a great day in South Carolina.

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NEW YORK - Alec Baldwin says he's thinking of running for mayor of New York, but not until he learns more about the job.

Given the problems we face at home and abroad, it is easy to forget how much America means to the rest of the world.

WASHINGTON - Two House ethics committee lawyers have been suspended, possibly ending any chance that Rep. Maxine Waters of California will get the ethics trial she has demanded this year.

LOS ANGELES - A state audit said the ex-city manager of a scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb illegally handed at least $710,000 in government money to companies without contracts or City Council approval.

SACRAMENTO -- Governor-elect Jerry Brown was back in Sacramento, but avoided questions about whether he was in Arizona for his week-long vacation.

SACRAMENTO - More than 100 Napa State Mental Hospital employees and their supporters rallied for better worker safety Tuesday.

Former Bell administrators won't cash in on the massive pensions they'd hoped to collect, but will keep some of their generous retirement benefit.

SACRAMENTO, CA - Knowing they can't get a two-thirds vote required for new taxes, politicians have been playing word games.