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The shutdown of oil platforms, refineries and pipelines along the Gulf Coast drove energy prices to new highs Tuesday, all-but-guaranteeing a surge in pump prices in the ...8.1

While tainted feed was the most likely source of a recent mad cow case involving a Texas bovine, the U.S. government on Tuesday closed its investigation without pinpointing ...7.2

As Hurricane Katrina blew a destructive path through Biloxi, Miss., on Monday, the Grand Casino Biloxi, owned by Harrah's Entertainment , came unmoored and washed across ...6.1

The first results from the SAT's new writing exercise show that students lost points by using a formula to write their essays, sponsors of the college admissions exam said ...6.8

Injured on the job or in the line of duty. Received misdiagnosis or improper care for medical condition.6.5

FBI agents nationwide have been ordered to conduct "threat assessments" of inmates who may have become radicalized in prison and could commit extremist violence upon their ...6.4

New Orleans is apt to stay awash for days under oily, filthy water infested with mosquitoes, even if failed levees can be fixed quickly, according to experts assessing the ...6.1

Cesar Arroyo told The Associated Press that the man, Cesar Cabello, had taken the data recorder home but handed it over to civil aviation investigators Monday in exchange ...6.1

Indicted state Senator Kathryn Bowers of Memphis took a state-paid trip earlier this month to a legislative conference.6.7

Governor Riley says the worst damage from Hurricane Katrina in south Alabama appeared to be on Dauphin Island.6.3

Cindy Sheehan's comments came as war protesters packed up their campsite near the ranch and prepared to leave Tuesday for a three-week bus tour.6.2

Rocori High School shooter Jason McLaughlin was sentenced in St. Cloud today to a life sentence and a 12-year prison term for killing two classmates in September 2003.6

A 22-year-old man accused of impregnating then marrying a 14-year-old girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to raping her.6.5

RALEIGH, North Carolina -- When the 2005 legislative session began seven months ago, House members agreed to a bipartisan power-sharing arrangement, while Senate Democrats ...6.5

Hip-hop star Kanye West has filed a lawsuit accusing a Chicago DJ of possessing 10 unreleased songs that West produced before he was 18.6.7

Helicopters dropped sandbags on two broken levees as the water kept rising in the streets.7

Agents from a West Des Moines insurance company are packing their bags to head to the areas hardest hit by Katrina.6.3

Every Tuesday, Gretta Long drives a half-hour from her home in North Carolina with dreams of turning the waitressing tips she spends in South Carolina on lottery tickets ...7

The director of the federal Indian Health Service said the Red Lake Band of Chippewa is dealing with last year's school shooting, but he wasn't sure how many students are ...6

Police in more than 200 cities and the Drug Enforcement Administration took part over the past week in Operation Wildfire.6.7

The southeast side is typically hit by flooding. This is the second bout with flooding the area of Madison and Monroe has had in a week, much of it caused by overloaded ...6

U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello issued a temporary restraining order and scheduled a hearing Sept.7

Nicaragua's highest court granted former President Arnoldo Aleman conditional release from house arrest Tuesday, overturning the ruling of a previous court.6

Commuters are used to traffic backups during the rush-hour commute on the Golden Gate Bridge.6.1

Michael Cherry, senior analyst with Directions on Microsoft, told TechNewsWorld he'd like some clarification on how WinFS either enhances or works with the search tool ...6.2