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Defense lawyers say BP rig workers are scapegoats

By MICHAEL KUNZELMANAssociated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) - While BP has resolved a sweeping criminal probe of its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, two company employees charged in the deaths of 11 rig workers claim the Justice Department is trying to make them scapegoats

Glance: Implementation of 'Obamacare' by state

By The Associated Press An early look at the routes states are taking to implement President Barack Obama's health care law, along with the number of people in each state who don't have health insurance:

Hill leaders voice new confidence in deficit deal

By DAVID ESPOAP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders from both parties voiced fresh optimism Friday after meeting with newly re-elected President Barack Obama about avoiding year-end "fiscal cliff" tax increases and spending cuts that would hammer the middle class and

Sierra Leone: Election key to moving beyond war

By KRISTA LARSONAssociated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - It was 9 a.m. on May 25, 1998. Borboh Jeff Kamara, 14, was walking to school with classmates when rebels grabbed him, held him down and cut off his fingers, leaving only his thumbs. Fourteen years later, he and other voters go to