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Michigan's Hutaree militia wanted to start a war on the US government, federal officials argued. But a judge said the lack of any clear plans shows it was protected speech, not a criminal plot.
Virginia Tech University officials deployed emergency procedures during Thursday's fatal shooting that had been put in place following a deadly campus shooting in 2007 that left 33 killed.
A petition drive to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin officially begins Tuesday. The recall drive is part of the continued fallout from Wisconsin's collective-bargaining law.
In a statement, Obama stressed the importance of strengthening our nations energy security while addressing both environmental and procedural concerns.
About 12,000 prisoners jailed for crack-cocaine possession will be released over the next three years; 1,900 of those are eligible for release immediately. Why did Congress approve this?
The Obama administration lifted its post-Gulf oil spill moratorium on oil drilling in deep water Oct. 12, but it didn't issue its first new permit until Monday.
The U.S. Department of Transportations pipeline safety division says the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline is corroded and poses a severe public safety and environmental risk.
President Obama's commission to investigate the Gulf oil spill suggested wide-reaching reforms to avoid another disaster, including new oversight of the offshore-drilling industry.
Whether or not offshore drilling regulations are to blame, some official sources are predicting that drops in production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico will lead to reduced crude oil supplies in 2011.
As many as 10 percent of claims submitted to BP following the Gulf oil spill may be fraudulent. BP has refined its claims process with an eye toward greater verification.
BP readies plans to permanently seal the ruptured well in the Gulf oil spill through two operations in the next two weeks -- the initial static kill' followed by the final bottom kill.'
Coast Guard officials are preparing for the possibility that they'll need to temporarily shut down efforts to deal with the Gulf oil spill as a low-pressure system develops in the western Caribbean.
One of BP's robotic submarines bumped into the containment cap atop its gushing Macondo well, forcing BP to remove the cap as a safety precaution; also, police are investigating the non-work related deaths of two cleanup workers.
Judge said federal report that led to drilling moratorium didn't 'explicitly justify' a ban. Some independent engineers who reviewed the report agree. The administration will appeal.
US Geological Survey estimates on the flow of oil from the wrecked wellhead are more than double what BP has been claiming, leading some to accuse BP of misrepresenting the flow of oil to minimize fines.