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Biden, NRA clash over new gun control proposals
Despite fresh opposition from the National Rifle Association, the Obama administration is assembling proposals to curb gun violence that would include ...
Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shape
The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other ...
Transocean's $1.4B oil spill deal will help Gulf
A $1.4 billion settlement between the Justice Department and Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean Ltd. will pump hundreds of millions of dollars ...
Newtown first responders carry heavy burdens
While the people of Newtown do their best to cope with loss and preserve the memories of their loved ones, another class of residents is also finding ...
Holder to meet with first responders in Newtown
Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Newtown, Conn., to meet with first responders and law enforcement officials about last week's school ...
Obama to send Congress gun proposals in January
Declaring the time for action overdue, President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday to send Congress broad proposals in January for tightening gun ...
UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging
The Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of ...
Gun control gets unlikely backers on Capitol Hill
Prominent gun-rights advocates in Congress are now calling for a national discussion about restrictions to curb gun violence, signaling that the ...
US attorney in New Orleans resigns amid probe
New Orleans' corruption-busting federal prosecutor resigned Thursday after two top deputies became embroiled in a scandal that threatens to undermine ...
48 nations join forces to fight online child abuse
Forty-eight countries united Wednesday in a global alliance to fight child sexual abuse online, a cross-border crime that experts say is increasing ...
Holder to help launch alliance against pedophilia
Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström will launch a global alliance targeting online child ...
Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization
In the late-1980s heyday of the anti-drug "Just Say No" campaign, a man calling himself "Jerry" appeared on a Seattle talk radio show to criticize U.S
BP barred from new US gov't contracts, land leases
The Obama administration put a stop to new federal contracts with BP on Wednesday, admonishing the British oil company for a "lack of business ...
Western lawmakers seek probe of refineries
Six Democratic senators representing states along the Pacific Coast asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to investigate the role of oil refineries ...
2 men sentenced in Fast and Furious gun case
Two men were sentenced Monday for their roles in a gun smuggling ring that was part of the U.S. government's botched Operation Fast and Furious, an ...
Benefits fight brings lesbian couple to high court
Like a lot of newlyweds, Karen Golinski was eager to enjoy the financial fruits of marriage. Within weeks of her wedding, she applied to add her ...