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A construction project in West Pensacola, Fla., funded by oil giant BP and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill, is shown on May 13. (AP Photo/Melissa Nelson)

Energy and Environment

Judge suspends BP spill payments to businesses

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Cover Oregon executive director Rocky King, left, confers with Oregon Health Authority chief information officer Carolyn Lawson before appearing at a Joint Interim Committee on Legislative Audits, Information Management and Technology in Salem, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013. The committee had questions about Oregon's troubled health insurance exchange, which still hasn't launched its online enrollment system and severely lags other states in signing people up for health care under the new federal health law.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Lawyer: Oregon government overstepped by extending policies

Associated Press · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito delivers an address at the American Bankruptcy Institute's 26th annual spring meeting in Washington April 4, 2008. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Federal judge criticized by Supreme Court Justice fires back

Washington Examiner · December 7, 2013 5:00 am

Florida Supreme Court justices question medical marijuana ballot language

Florida Supreme Court justices question medical marijuana ballot language

Washington Examiner · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

Lawmakers look to end wind energy credits

Zack Colman · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

Congress fails to pass major agenda items or budget in ‘God-awful’ session

Congress fails to pass major agenda items or budget in ‘God-awful’ session

Sean Lengell · December 6, 2013 5:00 am

From left, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Den. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., House Agriculture Committee Chairman Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., and Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee, are intercepted by reporters after negations on the Farm Bill wrapped up on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. There is agreement on many parts of the legislation but significant differences remain over funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, more commonly known as food stamps. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Milk prices could rise if farm bill looms

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 10:11 pm

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Michigan House votes to ensure jury trials in state suits

David Eggert · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

The National Rifle Association indicated its support for the renewal of a law prohibiting hard-to-detect firearms, but made clear its opposition to expanding the law to cover "new technologies" like 3-D printed guns.ÃÂ (AP/Austin American Statesman, Jay Janner)

NRA supports gun law extension, but not for 3-D printed guns

Tim Mak · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

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Georgia immigrant students sue for in-state tuition

Associated Press · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

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Appeals court rules against officer’s First Amendment claim

Nigel Duara · December 5, 2013 5:00 am

John Dennis Apel, stands in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, following an argument on the right to protest at a military base. Apel had been barred from entering any part of Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast, including the protest area on a public highway that passes near the main gate. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Court looks at protest ban at Calif. military base

Mark Sherman · December 4, 2013 7:06 pm