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Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, left. The company is considering spinning off parts of its finance unit through an initial public offering as Immelt works to shrink the business.

In this Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, Police Chief John Martin demonstrates a Taser in Brattleboro, Vt.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled a bill on Wednesday that would force the Department of Justice to get a federal court's approval before seizing records from journalists.

The president has a base of loyalists that won't quit and, at least for now, there's no evidence he was involved in any scandals.

What one Bellevue-based gun rights group today suggested is a symptom of an administration "out of control" is expanding almost by the hour as revelations of Obama administration snooping on reporters have grabbed the media's attention and turned journalists, at least temporarily, against a White House many thought to be exempt from their ... (more)

Former "X Factor" U.S. co-host Khloe Kardashian has been warned by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo that a T-shirt in her Rich Soil fashion line may be in violation of copyright law.

The Associated Press in the United States has picked up on a media story from the United Kingdom that blames Dr.

Catherine Zeta-Jones attends the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 40th Annual Chaplin Award Gala honoring Barbra Streisand in New York.

Rescue crews are working through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood.

Dozens of people - including children - were killed when a massive tornado Monday afternoon ripped through the town of Moore, Okla., a suburb of Oklahoma City, according to the Associated Press .

The singer known as the Gentleman of Salsa is temporarily turning to tango: Gilberto Santa Rosa will make his Broadway debut in the musical "Forever Tango," which returns to New York in July for a 10-week stand featuring some of the Puerto Rican singer's hits.

Here's another thread to keep up on events in Moore, Oklahoma, with some sad news from the Associated Press: This is the LGF Pages posting bookmarklet.

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.