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President Bush weighed a decision on whether to release some oil from the nation's petroleum reserves to help refiners hurt by Hurricane Katrina, administration officials ...6.1

Hurricane Katrina paralyzed the oil industry in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Monday, raising fears that damage to offshore platforms and pipelines could trigger a supply ...5

WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts pushed the Reagan-era Justice Department to get its conservative policies enacted into law to make it more difficult for ...5

Homes within one-half mile of a leaking railroad car were ordered evacuated Monday morning because of concern about a highly flammable liquid whose fumes are hazardous to ...2.7

Republicans in the district of state Senate leader Marc Basnight want him to support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages.2.7

Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Clinton spent a vacation on Kauai Island with their daughter Chelsea doing what most tourists do - shopping, eating out and ...2.7

Gov. Jim Doyle promotes his Conserve Wisconsin agenda at the Great Lakes Visitor Center on Friday.2.7

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction to the highest levels in more than four years.3.2

President Bush on Sunday praised Iraq's draft constitution as a step toward full democracy and sought to play down the extent of Sunni opposition, but he predicted an ...2.9

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission met one more time Saturday morning to offer its final statement after hearings that could affect hundreds of military ...2.7

Associated Press Aug. 29, 2005 08:48 AM A major portion of one of the Arizona National Guard's combat units is likely headed to Iraq, with the soldiers involving expected to ...2.9

Congressman Tom Osborne says he expects to see something in next year's election for governor he's not experienced before, a close race.2.9

Best of Hendricks Co. Creative Kids Builders Guide Indiana Getaways Business Directory Discover Hendricks County Personals Horoscopes Lottery Food & Recipes Get the paper ...2.7

Photographer Horst Tappe, whose portraits of literary and artistic luminaries included Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Vladimir Nabokov and Alfred Hitchcock, has died, a ...2.7

BOSTON- Republican Charles D. Baker, a former top aide in the Weld administration who now heads Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, told associates Monday he has decided against a ...4.1

At least $389,000-and up to $511,000-will be given to the Public School System for the purchase of laptop computers and LCDs for schools, according to Education Commissioner ...2.7

Former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, a fierce Kremlin critic, said Monday he will be actively involved in Russia's next elections, a news agency reported.2.7

A bus driver for the Cocke County School System faces a major federal drug charge following his arrest by Newport Police Thursday night.2.7

Report Says TABOR Would Have Prevented State Budget Increase Aug 29, 2005 10:00 am US/Central A new report by the Legislature's nonpartisan Fiscal Bureau says state ...3.1

USDA announced on Thursday that all but two of Missouri's 114 counties have been declared disaster areas by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns.2.7

Swiss authorities have agreed to extradite Russia's former nuclear power minister, Yevgeny Adamov, arrested in Switzerland in May at U.S.2.9

Andrew J. McKenna Jr., a business, civic and political leader in Illinois, will give the 2005 opening convocation address at Knox College at 11 a.m. Sept.2.9

LOS ANGELES - People used to wander into Sebastian Dominguez's auto body shop in Bell Gardens to marvel at his quixotic quest: restoring glory to primer-gray hulls of ...2.9

Chinese health officials on Monday plan to announce an AIDS cooperation partnership with a U.S. institute, a measure that takes aim at combating what health officials fear ...2.7

Ask and ye shall receive. It's a motto Navy Lt. Dennis Wheeler, a chaplain here, lives by.2.9

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press Writer MIAMI Prominent Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleaded innocent Monday to a six-count federal fraud and conspiracy indictment ...4.2

"I could end up just losing my shirt on this whole thing, but these guys are pretty good at what they do," Clooney told The Associated Press.2.7

MANILA The impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, begun several weeks ago, is as good as dead, supporters and even some opponents of the Philippine ...2.7

Deep-sea diver and instructor Stephen Hardick died Sunday during a scuba diving expedition off the coast of Rhode Island.2.7

LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Sunday afternoon turned into a warm day for a backyard party, but for Lancaster-born Michael C. Randolph Jr., things could get hotter.2.7

Vital Signs for the Week of Aug. 29 * More Headlines Armor Holdings Inc., a maker of bullet-resistant vests, flak jackets and other body armor, said Monday it would take a ...2.7

Not a vote has been cast but the first winner has been recorded in the race to replace former congressman, now Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, Christopher Cox.2.7

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - - Memo to President George W. Bush: Bond markets may seem unperturbed by Alan Greenspan's approaching retirement, but the nation's top economists are ...2.7

Japan Focus ) After the election of moderate president Mohammad Khatami in Iran in 1997, and the lack of any change in Washington's hardline policies toward that country in ...2.7

State Senator John Carey says he doesn't want to "play politics" with Governor Bob Taft's legal problems and is waiting to see if there are any "more serious" charges that ...3.1

In 2004, after months of putting a virtual tail on a hacker who called himself Pherk, FBI agent Timothy Nestor had the guy right where he wanted him.2.7