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Kevin Costner may hold key to oil spill cleanup

LOS ANGELES — The "Kevin Costner solution" to the worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may actually work, and none too soon for the president of Plaquemines Parish...

Coming Full Circle

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What can you buy with $2,000? A small franchise, cheap car and digital camera come to mind...

Briefs | Step back in time at Walker Ranch

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Step back in time at Walker Ranch...

Police Blotter | Follow the paint

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Follow the paint...

Police: Disgruntled employee was shooter

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The husband and wife who owned Boulder Stove and Flooring were likely shot by a disgruntled employee who was mad about pay and who then turned the gun on himself, Boulder police say...

Chrysler repays $1.9 billion in federal debt

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Treasury Department said Monday that it has received a $1.9 billion repayment from Chrysler Holding to settle a loan extended to the company's financial-services business...

Seattle OKs boycott of Arizona over immigration law

SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council voted Monday to boycott Arizona as much as possible because of a new, stricter immigration law there...

Google looks to make leap from PC to television

SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. will make an ambitious bid to extend its reach into the living room when it debuts its Internet television software this week...

After weeks of failure, BP making progress in harnessing some leaking...

WASHINGTON — BP's efforts to slow the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico...

Facebook privacy changes spark June 6 boycott plan

Paul Barbanes likes to think of Facebook the same way...