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WASHINGTON – Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show. The records show that Bush campaign operative James Tobin, who …

NEW YORK – Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard are engaged and expecting a baby, her publicist said Tuesday. It will be the first marriage for both actors, Gyllenhaal’s representative, Amanda Silverman, said Tuesday. No other information was released. The couple have been dating for four years. Screen credits for the …

MORA, N.M. – A wildfire forced the evacuation of two small towns as it burned across 10,000 acres of grass and ponderosa pine trees in northeastern New Mexico, authorities said. Firefighters battling the blaze were helped by calmer weather overnight, state Forestry Division spokesman Dan Ware said Thursday. The fire …