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http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/b8b83868-bcdb-43a6-aebc-84fc9bfa6c86/News/Mom-Gives-Birth-On-Garden-State-Parkway As a New Jersey man and his wife, who was entering labor, drove along the Garden State Parkway Monday morning, their incoming baby decided he was not going to wait until they arrived...

-- After years of cutting billions and billions in spending, California has to do it again. On Monday, newly inaugurated governor Jerry Brown said he'll release a budget that slashes spending by $12.5 billion in the coming fiscal year, as the state moves to cut a $25 billion shortfall by June...

-- While floodwaters in Australia have begun to recede in some areas, the worst could still be on the way for at least one city, the country's prime minister said Saturday. "Today I've been in St. George, and they are still bracing for the peak of the flood," Julia Gillard told Australia's Nine...

Noam Chomsky in his recent Op-Ed in the New York Times, titled ‘Breaking the Israel-Palestine Deadlock’, have come up with a novel way of helping the Zionist entity. He suggests that the current world-wide delegitimation of Israel momentum can be reversed by “those concerned with Palestinian...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/weather/2011/01/06/black.aus.flood.recovery.cnn - River levels were slowly receding in eastern Australia on Friday, but officials warned residents to steer clear of roads damaged by devastating floods. In Rockhampton -- one of the hardest hit cities -- the...

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said he recognized "The Palestine State as free and independent within its borders." - The peace process in the Middle East may be stalled, but the balance between Israel and the Palestinians continues to shift in other ways. In the last month, four Latin...

http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2010/12/28/n_gop_budget_cuts.cnnmoney/ -- New York's new governor, one of several greeted by billions of dollars in budget gaps, acted to cut his salary Monday amid reports he will freeze the pay of most other state workers. Andrew Cuomo, who took office on New...

- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie blasted Democratic political opponents Friday for criticizing his absence from the state during the snowstorm that pounded the Northeast over the Christmas holiday. He also took a shot at the media for giving what he characterized as excessive attention to the...

Outgoing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says working for the people of California was a great honor. Beginning Saturday and continuing over the next few weeks, some of the nation's most prominent governors will be leaving office as a new crop of state chief executives are sworn in. Among the more...

A day after attacks on two police stations that resulted in the deaths of four police officers in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, a police spokesman vowed Thursday that security will be beefed up in the municipalities and strategies to fight organized crime will be reconsidered. "We are on...

An Arlington, Texas, police officer was among three people killed in a shooting at an apartment complex Tuesday night, officials said. It was at least the second fatal shooting in two days of a law enforcement officer in the United States. On Monday, a Georgia state trooper was fatally shot...

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Thousands of Connecticut residents are in the dark after the massive winter storm slammed into the state Sunday night and Monday morning. Power outages began to rise across the state as tree limbs snapped by heavy wind and snow topple electrical lines. As of 11:15 a.m...

Arizona State Rep. Frank Pratt was checking on his swimming pool business on Christmas Day when he was attacked. An unknown attacker left an Arizona state lawmaker unconscious and bound at his business, Casa Grande police said Sunday. On Christmas Day, State Rep. Frank Pratt went to check on...

U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the G20 Summit in Toronto, Canada, in June. Washington -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will make a state visit to the White House on January 19, including a state dinner that night, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/12/21/bts.census.population.cnn Washington -- The numbers for the 2010 census are out, and the news appears good for Republican-leaning states when it comes to adding new seats in the House of Representatives. The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census...

Locals survey the damage from Sunday's explosion in San Martin Texmelucan, in Puebla state. At least 28 people were killed and 52 injured after an oil pipeline exploded in central Mexico, the country's state-owned oil monopoly said. The cause of Sunday's explosion in San Martin Texmelucan, in...

NBA: Portland 96, Golden State 95 PORTLAND, Ore., -- LaMarcus Aldridge and Andre Miller scored 17 points each Saturday, helping Portland edge Golden State 96-95. Aldridge also had 12 rebounds, while Miller recorded eight assists and four steals in the Trail Blazers' second straight win after...

Sports Calendar for Saturday, Dec. 18 (All times Eastern) Football NCAA New Mexico Bowl BYU vs. Texas-El Paso at Albuquerque, 2 p.m. uDrove Humanitarian Bowl Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State at Boise, Idaho, 5:30 p.m. R&L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Ohio vs. Troy, 9 p.m. Basketball NBA...

"We are redefining success based on results achieved rather than dollars spent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. Washington -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Wednesday unveiled a sweeping assessment of how America's diplomats can meet the dual task of countering expanding...

Richard Holbrooke fell ill Friday during a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/12/11/exp.nr.richard.holbrooke.cnn Washington -- U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke was in critical condition at a Washington hospital Sunday night, after...