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by Mike Memoli On Friday we noted here that even a trip to the ballpark can be the stuff of controversy for President Obama lately. Ultimately he did take in Friday night's matchup between the hometown Nationals and his favored......

BP will plead guilty to a dozen felony charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and agreed to pay $4.5 billion in government penalties, the oil company said Thursday. Of the penalties, $4 billion will resolve...

Crews working to seal BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico once and for all need to finish one more test on a cement plug before declaring the well permanently dead, officials said Saturday. Once the pressure and weight......

LeBron James could be taking his talents -- or at least his good looks -- to the cover of Time magazine at the end of the year. The Miami Heat forward is one of 25 finalists for the magazine's person......

There's no question that LeBron James enjoys the spotlight. But the King showed a bit of humility when he learned his name was among the 25 finalists for the annual "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine....

A year after millions of barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Macondo well, much ink has been spilled on the "second draft" of history. None of the nine books (and counting) published thus far......

Federal investigators conducting hearings this week in Houston have been focusing heavily on BP's corporate culture -- hammering executives about whether they have learned from the oil giant's history of deadly disasters, near-accidents and poor safety...

Bad news on jobs. The number of people filing for unemployment claims rose unexpectedly last week, the Labor Department reported, pointing to the continued weakness of the labor market. Grilling BP. A day after meeting with President Obama and promising.....

Should he stay or should he go? Even Republicans furious at Rep. Joe Barton for his apology to BP: Public relations liability Barton is a nightmare for the GOP. Unless the top Republican on the Energy and Commerce Committee is removed from his starring...

Rep. Darrel Issa and Fred Thompson on Facebook....

John Edwards in exile: Disgraced politician spends time in gated community or drinking in college bars, chatting up pretty girls. (The Daily Beast) Was alleged Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning's crisis also one of personal identity? Boing Boing breaks...

Remarks by Sen. Roger Wicker, as provided by Republican Senate leadership Hello, I am Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi. As we enter the third month of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we continue to learn more and more disturbing information about.......