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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama man who was acquitted in his bride's diving death said he did what he thought was the best course of action when she struggled for air off Australia's Great Barrier Reef....

HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Powerful storms leveled small towns in southern Indiana, transforming entire blocks of homes into piles of debris, tossing school buses into a home and a restaurant and causing destruction so severe it was difficult to tell what was once there. As night fell, dazed residents shuffled through town, some looking for relatives, while rescue workers searched the rubble for survivors. Without power, the only light in town came from cars that crawled down the streets....

NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement deal with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government.

Although the company still has a few major legal ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Jurors will begin deliberations Wednesday in the case of a former Rutgers University student accused of using a webcam to spy on his roommate's intimate encounter with another man....

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A webcam was noticeably aimed at a Rutgers University freshman and his male guest during their intimate episode in a dorm room, the man testified Friday at the privacy-invasion trial of the student's roommate....

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP PLC reached a settlement late Friday night with a committee representing the largest group of plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf oil spill, a federal judge said. Specific terms have not been released....

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- A vehicle that had traveled the wrong way for several miles on an Ohio interstate slammed head-on Friday into a car full of sorority sisters caravanning to an airport for a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, killing three of the young women and the other driver....

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) -- A vehicle that had traveled the wrong way for several miles on an Ohio interstate slammed head-on Friday into a car full of sorority sisters caravanning to an airport for a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic, killing three of the young women and the other driver....

HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Powerful storms leveled small towns in southern Indiana, transforming entire blocks of homes into piles of debris, tossing school buses into a home and a restaurant and causing destruction so severe it was difficult to tell what was once there. As night fell, dazed residents shuffled through town, some looking for relatives, while rescue workers searched the rubble for survivors. Without power, the only light in town came from cars that crawled down the streets....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for property owners' claims, agreeing the shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge....

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for property owners' claims, agreeing the shoddy work on a shipping channel caused billions of dollars in damage from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge....

BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....

BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....

BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....

BOSTON (AP) -- Political scientist James Q. Wilson, whose "broken windows" theory on crime-fighting helped trigger a nationwide move toward community policing, died Friday at a Boston hospital. He was 80....

Dates That Destroyed America 8-20-10

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) -- A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of California's Sierra Nevada created ripe conditions Friday for snow sports enthusiasts but also posed risks for back country skiers, one of whom was killed by an avalanche....