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Republican senator from Nevada acknowledges having an affair with a campaign staffer. "I deeply regret and am very sorry for my actions," he said.

A man accused of making threatening statements about killing President Obama has been arrested in Nevada, the Secret Service said Saturday.

California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona account for about 46% of the foreclosure starts in the country, the Mortgage Bankers Assn. reports. California and three other states continued to take an outsize share of the blame for the foreclosure epidemic sweeping the nation.

$669.66: My vacation budget. How far will it travel? With any luck, maybe more than 2,000 miles. The Washington Post had challenged three travel writers to divide $2,009 and come up with a trip in the frugal new year. The two other writers went to Orlando, Fla., and the spa town of Berkeley Springs, W.Va.