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Senate Republicans Yield
On Financial Reform Bill

Claiming compromise, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says his party hopes "partisan gamesmanship is over" as the measure heads to the floor for debate.

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Immigrants Set Illustrious Precedent on High Court

By Byron Tau | AOL News

The potential nomination of Canadian-born Jennifer Granholm offers the chance to look back on five notable non-native justices.

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AP Getting Worse

New Leak Feeds Growing Louisiana Oil Spill

By Doug Simpson | Special to AOL News

The Coast Guard says five times more oil than previously thought could be feeding an already massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Grid: The World's Worst Oil Spills

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Lewisville Police Department, AP On the Hunt

Police Search for Husband in Texas Chainsaw Killing

By David Knowles | AOL News

Authorities issue an arrest warrant for a man whose wife was found decapitated following a grisly chainsaw attack.
Plus: Barber Gets Life for Brutal Murder

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Peter Dejong, AP Endangered Conservationsts

Cape Wind Finally Won. But Guess Who Loses?

By Dave Thier | AOL News

The views of the old-school conservationists who opposed the wind farm off Cape Cod no longer carry the sway they once did.

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Carrie Antlfinger, AP Giant Equine

Big Jake Is World's Tallest Horse at Nearly 6-Foot-11

By Carrie Antlfinger | AP

The 9-year-old Belgian gelding weighs in at around 2,600 pounds and measures 2.75 inches taller than the previous record-holder.
Also: Big Plans for World's Smallest Horse

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Boy Scouts of America Game On

Boy Scouts Offering 'Video Game' Merit Awards

By Joe Peacock | AOL News

Beyond duty to one's self, one's nation and one's physical health, the Boy Scouts wants to reward kids for playing video games.

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Last Updated 04/28/10 9:21 PM ET

Key to Life on Earth May Be Locked in Asteroid's Ice

By Carl Franzen | AOL News

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Rielle Hunter 'Doesn't Think She's a Home Wrecker'

By Caryn Rousseau | AP

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Nick Ut, AP

Barber Gets Life in Prison for Setting Homeless Man on Fire

By Tori Richards | AOL News

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Harry Hamburg, AP

Senate Republicans Yield on Financial Reform Bill

By Joseph Schuman | AOL News

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Immigrants Set Illustrious Precedent on High Court
(April 28) -- Since its founding in 1789, the Supreme Court has seen nearly 100 justices take a seat on its ever-changing bench. One thing, though,...
Key to Life on Earth May Be Locked in Asteroid's Ice
Astronomers say the discovery of water and organic material on an asteroid%27s surface could be a vital clue to how our planet developed.
Senate Republicans Yield on Financial Reform Bill
(April 28) -- The Wall Street overhaul championed by President Barack Obama was headed to the floor of the Senate after Republicans gave up...
Rielle Hunter 'Doesn't Think She's a Home Wrecker'
CHICAGO (April 28) %u2014 John Edwards%27 mistress said the former presidential candidate%27s wife didn%27t know about the full extent of their...
Barber Gets Life in Prison for Setting Homeless Man on Fire
(April 28) -- A barber was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering a homeless man by pouring gasoline on him and then lighting him on fire...
$2M Pentagon Contest to Recruit Bomb-Busting 'Bots
(April 28) -- Part wood chipper, part shredder, with a little bit of The Hurt Locker thrown in. That%27s the Pentagon concept for a robot that can...
Big Jake Is World's Tallest Horse at Nearly 6-Foot-11
POYNETTE, Wis. (April 28) -- Big Jake might be taller than any other horse in the world, but his owner Jerry Gilbert describes him as a gentle giant.
Cape Wind Finally Won. But Guess Who Loses?
(April 28) -- A nearly decade-long process of permitting and protesting came to an end today when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave the green light...
End of US Census Mail-Ins Shows Tally 72% Done
(April 28) -- An army of 635,000 census workers will hit the streets Saturday to fill in the blanks of the 2010 census. And if you don%27t answer the...
GOP Allows Debate to Begin on Banking Regulations
WASHINGTON (April 28) -- Republicans drop their objection to Democratic efforts to begin debate on banking regulations.
Opinion: Don't Buy the Hype About Arizona's Law
(April 28) -- After decades of failure by the federal government to properly secure the border, Arizona lawmakers, led by state Sen. Russell Pearce,...
US Soldier Pimped Hookers From His Md. Apartment
(April 28) -- Craig Allen Corey II was doing a lot more than soldiering when he was based at Fort Meade, Md.
Police Tried to Protect 'Nessie' From Hunters
(April 28) -- A Scottish police chief in the 1930s believed the Loch Ness monster existed and tried to protect the unknown animal from hunters who...
3 Women Indicted in Death of Beaten, Burned Fla. Teen
(April 28) -- A Florida grand jury has indicted three people, including a mother and daughter, in the death of a Pensacola teenager who police say...
Federal Reserve Vote Signals It's All About the Jobs
(April 28) -- The Fed says its decision to hold interest rates down reflects the fact that sluggish employment is hampering the economic recovery.
Opinion: Misguided Education Reforms Shortchange Students
(April 28) -- Our public schools need more capable leaders who know how to transform and operate schools just as much as they need more effective...
Urns Found Dumped Without Dignity in Lake
(April 28) -- A macabre find in an idyllic lakeside suburb of Zurich, Switzerland, is putting the world%27s most famous assisted-suicide organization...
Scottish Police Believed in Loch Ness Monster
Newly released documents on display Tuesday in Scotland show that during the 1930s, police in Scotland were convinced some sort of creature inhabited...
Boy Scouts Offering 'Video Game' Merit Awards
(April 28) -- Beyond duty to one%27s self, one%27s nation and one%27s physical health, the Boy Scouts wants to reward kids for playing video games.
Big Plans for World's Smallest Horse
(April 28) -- The owners of Einstein, who may be the world%27s smallest horse, have big plans for the foal -- but not with a circus.
Police Search for Husband in Texas Chainsaw Killing
(April 28) -- A 44-year-old Texas mother of six who was found decapitated actually died from wounds she suffered while being attacked with a...
The Politics of Extraterrestrials
(April 28) -- If E.T.s land on Earth, they will open a political can of worms before they have a chance to phone home.%0A
Charting the World's Worst Oil Spills
(April 28) -- The crude that%27s pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from last week%27s rig explosion off Louisiana has the potential to cause widespread...
Crist to Run as Independent in Florida Senate Race
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will ditch the Republican Party and run as an independent in the race for the Sunshine State%27s Senate seat, it was...