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It was a rare moment in relations between the media and the government: In 2008, FBI Director Robert Mueller called the top editors at The New York Times and The Washington Post to apologize because the bureau had improperly obtained reporters' telephone records four years earlier.

A woman carries her child through a field near the collapsed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., on Monday.

Rival online takeout services Seamless North America and GrubHub announced plans Monday to combine and create a new company covering more than 20,000 restaurants in 500 cities across the U.S. Financial terms were not disclosed, and it's unclear what the combined company will be called, the Associated Press reported.

NEW YORK - The New York Police Department is defending itself in a federal civil rights lawsuit over its surveillance of Muslims.

Financial trading in world markets has grown so lightning-fast that effective regulation is growing tougher by the second, increasing the threat of crashes sparked by hoaxes, electronic glitches or yet-unknown causes.

This Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, photo, shows a sign in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, Oct.

Associated Press President Gary Pruitt said Sunday the Justice Department sent a strong - and negative -- message to future sources that the government would go after them if they spoke to the press.

A view of the chapel at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery in New York. The 478-acre site is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year, and a special exhibition on Green-Wood has opened at the Museum of the City of New York.

The president and CEO of The Associated Press says the government's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was "unconstitutional" and already has had a chilling effect on newsgathering.

The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis, the plane in which he made history - a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris.

If the IRS was really interested in cleaning up the issue of political groups abusing tax-exempt status to conduct partisan warfare, what kind of groups would they go after? Which targets would give more bang for the buck, almost literally? Hint: It would be those groups that accrue enough resources to have a large impact - the major players in the ... (more)

It's all about the odds, and one single ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching all the numbers to win the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said early Sunday.

The various controversies swirling around the White House will be the main topic of the Sunday talk shows, with Obama senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer making appearances on all networks.

The scene outside West 8th Street and Sixth Avenue by the Gray's Papaya restaurant.

The Cuomo administration says about $90 million will be spent this year on construction projects at 50 of the state's parks and historic sites.

Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent about 70 people to the hospital, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast Corridor.

Tim Lambesis, the lead singer of the Grammy-nominated metal band As I Lay Dying, was arrested Tuesday in Southern California over allegations he tried to hire an undercover detective to kill his estranged wife .

As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them poise, confidence and the courage to get ahead in a world deeply etched by racial discrimination.

Emergency personnel work at the scene where two Metro North commuter trains collided, Friday, May 17, 2013 near Fairfield, Conn.