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Congressional investigators have published a series of internal BP memos which they say proves that the British company systematically and negligently put safety at risk on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in order to increase profits.

Uzbekistan last night closed its borders to refugees fleeing neighbouring Kyrgyzstan as the numbers killed in the ethnic violence spiralled and aid agencies reported fresh allegations of atrocities from the survivors.

Serbia took a significant step towards joining the EU after European foreign ministers relaxed demands for the alleged genocide fugitive Ratko Mladic to be arrested before allowing its membership application to proceed.

The Kremlin edged closer last night to military intervention in Kyrgyzstan as the number of people killed in ethnic violence spiralled and as many as 100,000 refugees flooded neighbouring Uzbekistan.

Antiabortion activists have tried for years to break the foundation's ties to Planned Parenthood.

As a minority women's health activist, Eve Sanchez Silver was proud of her work with Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The organization had almost single-handedly turned breast cancer awareness into a national cause, with its pink ribbons appearing on tote bags, containers of yogurt and even NFL football fields.

In anything-goes Nevada, the Republican presidential candidates must tread a fine line between voters and vice.

This is not a place of farmhouses, mom-and-pop diners, chitchats with voters over apple pie. This is a place of neon signs, abandoned homes, billboards promising quick vasectomies and slot machines shouting: Wheel! Of! Fortune!

Campaign finance experts say that such transfers underscore a troubling relationship and 'weakening transparency in the political world.'

President Obama's first campaign ad of 2012 decried "secretive billionaires attacking" him through conservative nonprofit groups that do not reveal their contributors.

Church vows to use courts and legislation to fight 'un-American' requirement for religious employers to provide contraception to workers with government-required health insurance.

The Catholic Church reacted strongly Friday to a White House defense of new rules that will force many religious employers to provide contraception to their workers in government-mandated health insurance plans.

He appears confident on the day before Nevada's Republican presidential caucuses, but GOP rival Newt Gingrich keeps up a steady assault.

As he campaigned around the state the day before Nevadans cast their votes in the Republican presidential nominating contest, Mitt Romney exuded a front-runner's confidence. Keeping his eye on November, he aimed his rhetorical fire at the man he wants to replace in the White House.

A propane gas explosion damaged several residences in a housing unit serving a U.S. Marine Corps training base in northern California, killing one person and injuring two others, an official said Saturday.

The most powerful storm of the winter season pounded Colorado with up to 6 feet of snow in the Rocky Mountain foothills and forced the cancellation of more than 600 flights in Denver before heading east toward the central plains.

Weather Underground Forecast for Saturday, Feb. 04, 2012.

The image Steve Appleton cultivated as a stunt pilot and off-road rally driver became the perfect metaphor for his wild, 18-year ride as the leader of Micron Technology Inc., where stomach-churning swings from billion-dollar profit to billion-dollar loss required the constitution of a business daredevil to survive.

Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.

The most powerful breast cancer advocacy organization in the country forgot about one of its special interest groups: breast cancer survivors and their families

Mitt Romney's advance toward the Republican nomination has provoked a lively conversation about what it means to be a conservative in America today.

Whether or not Newt Gingrich can carry on a real campaign against Mitt Romney depends in large measure on his political guardian angel, the Las Vegas casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson

Don't care much about the Giants-Patriots matchup? You're not alone. But here's how to play expert at your party

Deep in the badlands of California is a squatters' camp that many are increasingly calling home -- and a paradise of sorts

An unexpectedly rosy jobs report set off a chain reaction Friday, upending economists? gloomy predictions for the coming year, leading to a surge on Wall Street and potentially boggling the political calculus of the 2012 presidential campaigns.

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Does religion make people nice?

Mitt Romney?s tax returns prompt this question. According to those documents, which he released recently, Romney gives at least 10 percent of his earnings of about $20 million a year to the Mormon Church.

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In recent days, we have heard President Obama lecture college presidents about cost control, and we have seen a vaunted Stanford professor quit to pursue teaching students by the millions online ? at minimal cost.

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Nearly two years ago, the University of Virginia mourned and tried to comprehend the death of Yeardley Love, a fourth-year student from the Baltimore area who played on the lacrosse team. On Monday a trial is set to start for her ex-boyfriend George Huguely V, who also played lacrosse at U-Va. and is charged with her murder.

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Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man

MUNICH The Obama administration on Saturday called for stepped up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair

President Obama is urging Americans to press Congress to pass his latest home refinancing plan -- something he admits will be difficult to do. "In order to lower mortgage payments for millions of Americans,

The Catholic Church is up in arms over an administration mandate that will force Catholic colleges, hospitals and charitable groups to cover contraceptives in the health insurance they provide for students

Obama: The most polarizing president. Ever. That was the headline on a January 30 blog post on The Fix, the Posts very popular politics blog, by reporters Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake. The post was

Killer of Florida girl sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty for kidnapping, raping and murdering 7-year-old Somer Thompson.

Newt Gingrich blasts Mitt Romney's campaign tactics during the Florida primary, as he explains why he didn't offer congratulations after his ...

Several Baptist leaders said the Rev. Fred Luter becomes the prohibitive favorite for the post.

A U.N. report issued on Saturday said last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians, with 3,021 killed in the war.

Iran's supreme leader pledged to aid any nation or group that challenges Israel and warned against military strikes.

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Sangeeta Ghosh, assistant corporate counsel for Kent County, Mich., says should the 51-year-old man charged in two cases of failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners make bail, the county is prepared to ask a court to force him to take antiretroviral medications.

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Former Michigan state Rep. Jack Hoogendyk is likely to announce next week that he will challenge Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph) in the GOP primary in August.

Hoogendyk unsuccessfully challenged Upton for the seat two years ago, when he was able to garner only 43 percent of the vote, More...

The website is almost a replica of a project by Foundation President Tarren Bragdon at his last place of employment, the Maine Heritage Policy Center. More...

Going to court may be ?the best way? to resolve a dispute over water rights between the U.S. Forest Service and the National Ski Areas Association, according to a former Forest Service ski area permit coordinator.

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Barack Obama challenges Congress to keep the economic recovery going as new data shows unemployment is down to its lowest rate in three years.

The FBI investigates how activists linked to Anonymous obtained a recording of a phone call between US and UK police on their operations against hacking.

US prosecutors close an investigation into allegations of criminal conduct over doping claims in a cycle team partly owned by Lance Armstrong.

A major US breast cancer charity reverses a decision to cut funding to reproductive health group Planned Parenthood, after a furious outcry.

Wikileaks suspect Bradley Manning, charged with leaking thousands of classified documents, will face a court martial, says the US Army.

Reuters - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation backed down from its decision to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, which provides abortion and birth control services, following a massive outcry by supporters of the world's largest breast cancer charity.

Reuters - Police officers wearing helmets and carrying shields arrived at the site where protesters with the "Occupy" movement have been staging a demonstration since October, but it was not immediately clear whether they would evict the protesters.

Reuters - Authorities shot and killed an escaped inmate Friday who stabbed one Mobile police officer to death and wounded a second after fleeing in a stolen police car.

Time.com - Gingrich ended his campaign against Romney in Florida with the same message strategy that Romney's senior advisers had used in another Republican primary two years earlier: Attack Goldman Sachs. There was a good reason

Time.com - Facebook's IPO -- the largest in Internet history -- is a once-in-a-generation milestone in the evolution of the web

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Recovery rate for missing children is up from 60 percent in 1990 to 96 percent today thanks to advances in technology.

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney's presidential aspirations may have just suffered a huge blow.

(NECN: Providence, RI) - Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday night. The major focus was on the economy. The state has one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, and Carcieri was pushing for job growth.

Carcieri proposed a tax credit for companies that hire workers, and says the state budget will contain measures to spur lending to small firms and other forms of business-tax relief.

The following is prepared text for Gov. Carcieri's address:

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(NECN: Providence, RI) - Outgoing Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri delivered his final State of the State address Tuesday night. The major focus was on the economy. The state has one of the worst unemployment rates in the country, and Carcieri was pushing for job growth.

Carcieri proposed a tax credit for companies that hire workers, and says the state budget will contain measures to spur lending to small firms and other forms of business-tax relief.

The following are prepared remarks from Governor Carcieri:

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(NECN) - In the 2010 contest for Governor of Massachusetts, Governor Deval Patrick's approval rating is down, but he's still the man to beat. A Republican with State House experience and a flush campaign account is hoping to send patrick packing.

Charlie Baker, former President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and candidate for Governor joins Jim Braude on Broadside. Baker has chosen Senate Minority leader Richard Tisei as his running mate.

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(NECN: Jim Braude) - President Obama is stumbling, and there is a new person to blame.

You remember this guy, David Plouffe, the mastermind of President Obama's 2008 campaign victory.

Well, as you know, he's back after getting a "S.O.S" call from the White House ... "Ship of State sinking fast."

Here's my memo to Plouffe on three things he needs to fix real fast.

First, either cancel your idea of a "spending freeze", or cancel the president's subscription to the New York Times.

Did you read the latest from Paul Krugman?

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(NECN: Alysha Palumbo - Boston, MA) - It was story that shocked a community.

Two years ago, 39-year-old Marcy Thibault was driving her five-year-old niece and four-year-old nephew to her Bellingham, Massachusetts home for a sleep over, when she stopped on 495 in Lowell and carried the two children out onto the highway, where they were hit and killed by cars.

Attorney Andrew Meyers said, "Certainly the family would never have allowed their children to be in her care if they had any concept whatsoever that she could or would have a dangerous event that she had."

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Timetable to end combat operations highlights gaps in the administration?s strategy

The US created far jobs than expected in January and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 per cent, delivering a jolt of good news for the global economy

Money will fall due on a profit of nearly $5bn that Mark Zuckerberg plans to take on stock options he was handed in 2005

The state sues three lenders over their use of a national private electronic mortgage registry, accusing them of illegal home seizures

The momentum is clearly with Mitt Romney, who is ahead in state polls and won the caucus there easily when he ran for president in 2008

Cuts in a federal energy-assistance program have left some families struggling to pay for oil to heat their homes.

The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation apologized for its decision to cut grants to Planned Parenthood for cancer screening and said it would restore the funding.

Suspicious of government initiatives, protesters linked to the Tea Party are denouncing all manner of measures they equate with a 1992 United Nations resolution, Agenda 21.

The well of Spicewood Beach in central Texas is among 13 public water systems throughout the state that are projected to run out of water in 180 days or less.

A big-money measure fails its first legislative test and its backers must wait at least until next year to try again.

At this year's Urban Land Institute conference, the conversations and atmosphere were different.

This year's preordered crop of cookies is hitting the streets this weekend, with new sales starting Friday and continuing through March 10.

Hundreds of homeless veterans will get help with government assistance, health care, haircuts, new clothes and housing during a three-day event this weekend at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Authorities said they arrested one man and seized 59 cats and one dog from a Queen Valley home Friday morning during an animal-hoarding investigation.

Arizona could become the second state in the nation to allow cyclists to yield at stop signs instead of stop if a bipartisan measure can garner enough support to become law.

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Chris Swanson was fouled hard on an aggressive drive the rim in the third quarter Friday night, being knocked to the floor and landing with a loud thud several in the gymnasium could hear. The Valley High point guard was in clear pain underneath the basket, needing a minute to regain his strength before finishing the Vikings? home against rival Las Vegas High. The 5-foot-9, 135-pound Swanson could have easily avoided contact the rest of the night.

Bookmakers have a request for those planning to back the Patriots in Sunday?s Super Bowl ? come out, come out, wherever you are. Sports books are certain that many Patriots bettors are out there, but they?ve played hide-and-seek over the last two weeks with an emphasis on the hiding.

In their Wednesday op-ed, ?Romney?s ideas are wrong for Nevada,? Harry Reid, Bob Miller and Richard Bryan attempt to pin Nevada?s high unemployment and record foreclosures on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

In politics, managing expectations can be an important part of competing. The sports world gets this. Instead of predicting an easy victory, a savvy coach flatters the opposition and talks down his own chances, hoping to lull the other team into a false sense of security. So how are the presidential candidates attempting to manage expectations for today?s Nevada Republican caucuses? To read the strategy, you need to know where things stand.

Christian Bato ambles up to a blue plastic bin sitting atop a wooden table ? a makeshift lectern ? sets his timer, takes a deep breath and starts reading from his laptop. Words shoot out from the 20-year-old college senior?s pursed lips at a rapid-fire rate.

With the state's Republican caucus set for Tuesday, Democrats on Friday had a message for Mitt Romney: Welcome to Colorado.

Inmate Terrell Griswold's inability to urinate was never treated and ultimately led to his death, a medical investigator says.

The National Weather Service has posted the following snow accumulations from today's storm, which is ongoing:Aurora — 17 inches Bennett — 13 inchesBlack Hawk — 48 inches

 Inmate Terrell Griswold's inability to urinate was never treated and ultimately led to his death, a medical investigator says.

 A woman who pleaded guilty in connection with a long-running metro-area prostitution ring was sentenced to four months in federal prison today.

The passing of 69 years has faded most of his memories.

WASHINGTON -- Area senators and congressmen vowed Friday to fight the Air Force's plans to close the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon within the next two years, moving two of its seven C-130 transport planes to other bases and retiring the rest. It isn't yet clear whether the base's troops would be transferred to other bases.

The monthly unemployment report contained undeniably good news Friday, but with bad statistics dappled in like dandelions in a lawn. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that unemployment was down to 8.3 percent for January from 8.5 percent in December, the lowest it has been since February 2009.

Lincoln Davis scored a career-high 33 points for Central Catholic, but it wasn't enough as North Allegheny defeated the Vikings, 68-59, in a game with playoff implications. The Tigers (11-6, 6-4) are now in good position to earn the third playoff spot out of Class AAAA Section 3, while the Vikings (10-10, 5-6) must battle Butler for the fourth and final spot.

The city of Pittsburgh would pay $75,000 and Jordan Miles would drop parts of his federal police brutality lawsuit under a partial settlement to be put before city council Tuesday. City solicitor Daniel Regan declined comment because council members had not yet been briefed on the proposal. Timothy O'Brien, one of Mr. Miles' attorneys, referred questions to co-counsel J.

Lori Lund's two-year quest for a job has been a maddening tale of near-misses.

He more than capably stepped in and contributed 27 points and 11 rebounds at the center position as the Wolves won at New Jersey.

PR nightmare, then reversal for Komen and Planned Parenthood.

The city uses only a small portion of the Wi-Fi services that it's paying for.

In seeking a dismissal, the attorney also said evidence shows Amy Senser didn't know she'd struck someone.

Historic gold nuggets mined by some of the first settlers in the remote California-Oregon border area were stolen this week from the Siskiyou County Courthouse, robbing the region of a valuable part of its Gold Rush...

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The 49ers now have the final $200 million needed to leave San Francisco, their home of 66 years, for a new, long-awaited stadium in Santa Clara. The National Football League announced Thursday it would give the team $...

A federal appeals court barred public release Thursday of videos of the trial over California's ban on same-sex marriage, saying the trial judge, at the insistence of the U.S. Supreme Court, had promised that the...

A memorable line from the 2008 election was that it left 18 million cracks in the ?glass ceiling? blocking women from the White House ? the 18 million votes then-Sen. Hillary Clinton received in Democratic primaries. Comedienne Roseanne Barr is the latest seeking to puncture that ceiling. Barr filed papers this week to seek the Green Party?s nomination for president. Democrats and Republicans are ?bought and paid for by the 1 percent,? Barr claimed. ?The mainstream media will be unable to ignore me,? she added. Yeah, and we?ll likely bring up her one famous civic miscue. Barr delivered an off-key rendition of ?The Star-Spangled Banner? at a 1990 San Diego Padres game, was booed, [...]

It's that time of year again ? taxpayers have until April 17 to file their tax returns this year, and volunteers are already hard at work helping local residents at sites across Northern Kentucky.