Tests on the ruptured BP well will go on for another 24 hours as officials try to explain "anomalous" pressure readings and possible leaks, Thad Allen said.
Police have identified the body of a missing mother found in a vacant lot in Camden, New Jersey. A family member found the body of Jenna Lord, 23, an official said.
Four U.S. senators have requested a formal meeting with Britain's prime minister to discuss the release of the man convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
U.S. National Guard forces will begin deploying along the U.S. border with Mexico in August and will be fully trained and deployed by the end of the month, government officials announced Monday.
The National Tea Party Federation, which seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled the Tea Party Express because of an inflammatory blog post its leader, Mark Williams, wrote last week responding to criticism from the NAACP.
Indiana farmer Maurice "Gene" Headley was driving his tractor to check out his corn and beans one day in September 1999 when he saw what he first thought was a deer carcass.
With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.
President Obama's supporters have been frustrated about the apparent paradox of this administration. With the recent passage of historic financial regulation legislation, many Democrats are having trouble grasping why his approval ratings still lag and why Democrats might lose control of the House in the fall elections.