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Lower interchange fees would cost the big banks but would mean for big-box stores and small businesses alike.
Communications giants AT&T and Comcast have increased their lobbying, as did BP as the oil company neared the Deepwater Horizon first anniversary.
The National Zoo would close, but the lions and tigers would get fed; Yellowstone and other national parks would shut down. IRS refund checks could stop printing and thousands of Blackberrys may be silenced.
A crack that became a five-foot gash in the fuselage of an airborne Southwest Airlines 737 last week is leading to scrutiny over how the government monitors the airline industry and maintenance records.
The president of Chevron's North American exploration says offshore exploration permitting has slowed because the oil industry is still learning the new post-Deepwater Horizon regulations, not because of Obama administration foot dragging.
Multinational companies operating in Libya have had to deal with many obstacles, including a government rife with corruption that often asked for what amounted to bribes.
Here's a look at why banks are lobbying lawmakers to postpone interchange fee reform, a payment system that most consumers may not know much about -- but pay into anyway.
Republicans unveiled a budget plan on Wednesday that proposed a $1.6 billion cut to the Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
A 2008 risk assessment made available by Alyeska Pipeline Services Co. shows the leaky segment that necessitated an emergency shutdown of the trans-Alaska pipeline system earlier this month had been flagged for replacement.
Almost all oil production on Alaskas North Slope remains shut down after workers on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline system discovered a leak over the weekend.
The first official findings of the presidential oil-spill panel were released this week, and BP saw an early jump in its stock prices, a market reaction the panel's co-chair characterized as premature.
BP plans to close the independent watchdog office it established after a deadly refinery blast in Texas City that killed 15 workers, according to The Guardian.
The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection announces that a town will get a safe and permanent water supply to replace its methane-contaminated wells.
The Justice Department has decided not to revoke probation imposed on BP as part of an agreement to address safety violations at the company's Texas City refinery, site of a deadly 2005 explosion.
Spc. Jeremy Morlock, originally from Wasilla appeared before a military judge on murder charges on the same day ABC News aired tapes of his candid statements to investigators.