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WASHINGTON (AP) _ Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, a fiery orator versed in the classics and a hard-charging power broker who steered billions of …

A year after Michael Jackson’s death caused a worldwide outpouring of shock, tears and tributes, the anniversary of his passing was marked Friday on a …

ATLANTA (AP) — When an Associated Press reporter went scuba diving in the oil-streaked Gulf of Mexico this month, people commenting on websites worried about …

LONDON (AP) — BP chief executive Tony Hayward has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at a London oil conference on the eve of the …

NEW YORK (AP) — Pro football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was indicted Wednesday,  June 23, by a suburban New York grand jury on charges …

Smart ideas for cleaning up the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could very well come from entrepreneurs and small business owners, but …

HAVANA (AP) — The United States and Cuba have agreed to hold immigration talks in Washington within days, a U.S. official said June 12, the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — If Chuck Lacasse had gotten his pink slip four days earlier, Uncle Sam would have covered most of his family’s health insurance …

WASHINGTON (AP) — BP will set aside $20 billion to pay the victims of the massive oil spill in the Gulf, senior administration officials said …

A black kid out of Fort Lauderdale, a freshman in college and an aspiring NFL player, Samuel Hammond Jr. died at 18 because he wanted …