Jennifer Granholm

Stephanie Miller's hugely successful radio talk show will begin simulcast on cabler Current TV on Monday. ?Stephanie Miller's hugely successful radio talk show will begin simulcast on cabler Current TV on Monday. Current TV, the home of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur and The War Room with Jennifer Granholm, was launched in 2004. Former Vice President Al Gore serves as its chairman. In a statement announcing the weekday addition of Talking Liberally: The Stephanie Miller Show, Gore said her ?take on politics and news has a decidedly outsider flair.? Miller, who came out gay in the summer of 2010, said she was looking forward to joining the Current TV line-up. ?Current has the young, progressive and involved audience that I want to reach everyday,? she said. ?The Current team shares our view that progressive political news and commentary is critical for an intelligent and informed populace and we're excited to be part of their growing line-up of talented

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called on the government on Tuesday to quickly sell its stake in General Motors, a move that could lock in about $14 billion in losses for U.S. taxpayers.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to nominate a new director to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau next week but is unlikely to name Elizabeth Warren, who has helped to set it up, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Film star turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a lovechild with a staff member which he kept secret for a decade, until its disclosure torpedoed his marriage.

Film star turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted to fathering a lovechild with a staff member which he kept secret for a decade, until its disclosure torpedoed his marriage.

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, newly estranged from his wife of 25 years and seeking to resume his Hollywood career, has acknowledged fathering a child more than a decade ago with a member of his household staff.

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, newly estranged from his wife of 25 years and seeking to resume his Hollywood career, has acknowledged fathering a child more than a decade ago with a member of his household staff.

LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, newly estranged from his wife of 25 years and seeking to resume his Hollywood career, has acknowledged fathering a child more than a decade ago with a member of his household staff.

Movie megastar and former US governor Arnold Schwarzenegger admitted Tuesday to fathering a lovechild with a member of his household staff, triggering the breakup of his 25-year marriage.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co <DOW.N> shareholders overwhelmingly approved a $21.3 million pay package for Chief Executive Andrew Liveris at the annual meeting on Thursday.

BENTON HARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) - Either way you look at it, this Michigan city is on the front line -- either it is a harbinger of battles to come over budget cuts across America or a new chapter in the struggle for civil rights.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is zeroing in on close associates of law professor Elizabeth Warren, an outspoken critic of Wall Street, to head the new U.S. consumer financial agency, a source with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The emergency manager appointed to put Detroit's troubled public school system on a firmer financial footing said on Thursday he was sending layoff notices to all of the district's 5,466 unionized employees.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has not yet selected the head of a new consumer financial protection agency, the White House said.

Germany has outpaced the United States as the number two player in clean energy while China keeps racing ahead as the world's green investment leader, a study said Tuesday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fell one spot to third place in clean-energy investment last year as the lack of a national energy policy hurt purchases in wind and solar power and other technologies, a report said on Tuesday.

DETROIT (Reuters) - The Michigan Senate approved on Wednesday a proposal from Republican Gov. Rick Snyder to give state-appointed emergency managers broad authority to break labor deals to turn around failing schools and cities.

DETROIT (Reuters) - In a scene reminiscent of Wisconsin, hundreds of pro-union protesters jammed the Michigan state Capitol on Tuesday to oppose a bill that would give emergency managers authority to break labor deals to revive failing schools and cities.

Trading lavish for low-key, governors toning down inaugurals amid high unemployment, deficits. In better days, newly elected governors were welcomed into office with star-studded galas, serenades by rock bands, even an NFL stadium transformed into a winter wonderland. But with many now facing multibillion-dollar deficits and high unemployment, states' top bosses are toning it down. Way down.

Michigan lawmakers accidentally repeal penalties for possession, use of some illegal drugs. Possessing drugs such as synthetic marijuana and an Ecstasy-like substance called BZP won't result in jail time or fines in Michigan because lawmakers accidentally repealed the penalties for those crimes.