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Energy Dept. sets aside more oil
Apr 4 2008 6:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department said Friday it would continue putting oil into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve even as crude oil prices remain above $100 a barrel.
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US bomber catches fire in Middle East
Apr 4 2008 4:46PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. military B-1 bomber caught fire Friday after landing at an American base in the Middle East. All crew members escaped safely.
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Bid to ease gun ban at parks challenged
Apr 4 2008 3:55PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven former directors of the National Park Service _ including the Bush administration's first park chief _ have signed a letter opposing the Interior Department's plan to reconsider regulations restricting loaded guns in national parks.
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Federal recession-fighting record mixed
Apr 4 2008 3:33PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - If history is any guide, government efforts to combat recessions often come too late to do much good. Furthermore, such efforts can sow the seeds for the next downturn.
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US defends detention of Chinese Muslim
Apr 4 2008 12:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration argued Friday that when Congress authorized military action against the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorists, it also gave the president the power to detain people who never took up arms against the U.S.
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Fingerpointing in housing, credit crises
Apr 4 2008 2:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and some lawmakers want to give the Federal Reserve broader powers to head off financial disasters, the Fed's easy-money policies earlier this decade and years of homeownership incentives dangled by the White House and Congress helped set the stage for today's housing and credit crises.
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