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BP to sell oil and natural gas fields to rival Apache...
LOS ANGELES — Beleaguered petroleum giant BP agreed Tuesday to sell oil and natural gas fields in the United States and other countries to rival Apache Corp. for $7 billion, in its biggest move yet to raise money to pay reparations for the Gulf of Mexico oil ...
NAACP, Agriculture Dept. at odds over racially charged firing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The week-long debate over racism in politics on Tuesday snarled rapidly and strangely...
Western forces agree on potential timeline for departure from Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — A landmark international conference on Tuesday endorsed President Hamid Karzai's plan for Afghanistan's...
Goldman Sachs sees profit sink more than 80 percent
NEW YORK — Hit by a big government fine and difficult trading conditions, leading Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has reported a sharply lower profit...
Obama pushes GOP to extend unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — On the eve of a vote to extend jobless benefits, President Barack Obama...
Obama to launch oceans initiative
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday is set to create a national stewardship policy for America's oceans and Great Lakes...
Stripped of dignity
Being strip-searched has long been a part of incarceration. But inmates at Denver Women’s Correctional Facility (DWCF) say a change in their strip-search procedure subjects them to undue humiliation and leaves some of them traumatized, particularly those with a ...
Independents fight for a voice
The number of independent voters is growing nationwide, and as their numbers increase, so does their desire to be full participants in elections that are currently dominated by two parties. Leaders of two groups representing independent voters, Independent ...
