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Halliburton's criminal liability related to the 2010 BP oil spill was resolved on Thursday when US District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo accepted a plea deal requiring the company to pay $200,000 for destroying evidence. �...

Both countries are using shows of force to defend claims to disputed islands

In opinion piece for Pravda, McCain accuses Putin of corruption and repression     

President Hassan Rouhani declared that Iran would never "seek weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons."     

NARAHA, Japan (AP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will take a firsthand look at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, aiming to quell public unease over radiation-contaminated water that is leaking from the ...

Stenson opens with 64 for 1-shot lead over Scott, while Tiger goes without birdie at East Lake     

In two stunning bribery cases, a high-ranking Navy officer and an NCIS special agent were arrested separately this week for allegedly trading confidential information to a foreign defense contractor in exchange for luxur...

Was Sex With Children Ever Okay?

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- More than 15,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes near a volcano that rumbled to life less than a week ago in North Sumatra, spewing thick ash into the air. Local airlines have be...

Powerball ticket matches all 6 numbers in drawing for estimated $400 million jackpot     

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Washington Navy Yard is returning to nearly normal operations three days after it was the scene of a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people.     

A maintenance worker was killed when a flash flood sent rainwater pouring into the sewer he was working in on the Northwest Side, authorities said.     

Authorities say troops have recaptured 80 percent of lost ground from rebels, as deadly Zamboanga siege enters 11th day.

Cars were driving the wrong way on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Wednesday evening and a person was stuck in a sewer as flash floods pummeled the area, officials said.     

The Pentagon has "put a proposal on the table" for U.S. military forces to train and equip moderate Syrian opposition forces for the first time, two Obama administration officials told CNN.

JPMorgan makes rare admission of wrongdoing in $6 billion trading loss, will pay $920M     

Cubs beat Brewers 5-1 on homers by Valbuena, Schierholtz & Bogusevic , stop 5-game skid     

No charges sought against police, prosecutors over handling of Daley nephew investigation     

Today in show business news: Ryan Lochte is no longer a TV star, BBC America cancels its first baby, and Cate Blanchett is going to direct.     

A spokeswoman for the clinic tells Fox News the clinic is being forced to cut back to prepare for increased costs and decreased revenue under the health care reform law. 

Sen. Isabel Allende tells AP Chile should end privileges for imprisoned rights violators     

US welcomes Myanmar signing nuclear agreement with UN atomic watchdog group