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Jury chosen for trial of reputed Boston mobster Whitey Bulger

2013-06-11 09:29:00

BOSTON -- Jury selection was completed Tuesday in the racketeering trial of reputed Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger. The process of choosing 12 jurors and six alternates ended around 11 a.m. local time after six days of questioning, but not before...

Fracking bills flop after gusher of opposition cash, report says

2013-06-14 09:25:00

Campaign contributions from the oil industry flooded into the California Legislature before it killed several bills that would have closely regulated the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to get oil and gas from the ground, a nonprofit group...

George Zimmerman trial: Jury selection grinds into second day

2013-06-11 10:18:00

The second day of jury selection in the George Zimmerman murder trial inched along on Tuesday as lawyers tried to uncover the politics and leanings of prospective jurors. Zimmerman, 29, is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of unarmed...

Jury selection resumes in George Zimmerman trial

2013-06-11 06:00:00

The extensive process of examining potential jurors in the George Zimmerman homicide case continues Tuesday morning, after the well-publicized case got off to a slow start Monday. Despite the notoriety, the heavy newspaper coverage and hours of...

Fair trial for George Zimmerman

2013-06-11 00:00:00

The trial of George Zimmerman, which opened with jury selection Monday, will address the legal charges against the former neighborhood watchman in the death of Trayvon Martin. But long after the jury reaches its verdict, what happened in Sanford, Fla., on...

Jury selection begins for George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin case

2013-06-10 16:45:00

The trial of George Zimmerman began Monday with the laborious process of picking a jury that will decide the fate of the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African American...

Princeton University evacuated after bomb threat

2013-06-11 10:58:00

Princeton University was evacuated Tuesday morning after a bomb threat to "multiple, unspecified buildings on campus," officials said. No further information was available about the threat, which created a logjam of traffic leaving the Ivy League...

Three years later, BP oil cleanup ends in some Gulf Coast states

2013-06-10 13:52:00

Three years after a cataclysmic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, oil producer BP announced Monday that active oil cleanup had ended in three states hit by the disaster. The gulf, the company said, is getting back to normal, a claim contested by...

Tesoro gets state and federal clearance to buy BP's Arco assets

2013-05-17 14:09:00

State and federal authorities cleared the way Friday for Tesoro Corp. to buy BP's Carson refinery, the Arco brand and other assets, and the Texas oil giant agreed to California restrictions on prices, jobs and retrofits to protect the environment. The...

Tesoro is cleared to buy BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations

2013-05-17 18:30:00

Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players — Tesoro and...

As Memorial Day nears, California gasoline prices rise above $4

2013-05-17 08:45:00

Summer is coming. The long Memorial Day weekend is just two weeks away and, of course, average gasoline prices in California are back up above $4 a gallon. On Friday, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in California was $4.062, up 7.6...

Study: Gulf oil spill is sickening fish vital to seafood industry

2013-05-02 13:30:00

The seafood is safe to eat and the Gulf of Mexico tourism industry is recovering three years after the nation’s worst offshore oil spill spewed more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the waters off Louisiana. But despite that BP-sponsored...

Senator Bob Graham is the former two-term governor of Florida and served for 18 years in the United States Senate. This is combined with 12 years in the Florida legislature for a total of 38 years of public service.

2013-06-11 07:40:00

Minky Kim of Chicago pumps gas at a BP station at Marine Drive and Lawrence Avenue on the North Side, where, according to recent reports, gas prices are among the highest in the country.

2013-06-07 00:00:00

In an April photo, slowly eroding oil residue is seen among dead mangrove at Cat Island in Plaquemines Parish, La.

2013-05-02 12:39:14