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Along Gulf, Spill Still Defines State of Mind

ALONG THE GULF COAST -- In the small brick church just across the road from the chocolate waters of Bayou Lafourche, the Rev. Joseph Anthony Pereira unbuttons his collar as the last parishioners pull out of the lot. Tonight, nearly a year after the BP oil spill began, he's asked his congregation of shrimpers and oil...

Obama: Cut Spending, Raise Taxes on the Wealthy

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama coupled a call for $4 trillion in long-term deficit reductions with a blistering attack on Republican plans for taxes, Medicare and Medicaid on Wednesday, laying down markers for a roiling debate in Congress and the 2012 presidential campaign to come. Obama said spending cuts and...

House Hunting? Shack Up in Kate Middleton's Childhood Home, the 'Jersey Shore' House and Other Famous Abodes

Kate Middleton will take over Buckingham Palace for her royal wedding reception to Prince William on April 29, but fans of the princess bride could take over the home where she grew up. Middleton's childhood home in the village of Bradfield Southend, southeast England, is up for sale. The price tag? Nearly 500,000 pounds,...

Portugal Seeks Bailout, Europe Debt Crisis Spreads

LISBON, Portugal -- Portugal asked for a bailout Wednesday to relieve its crushing debt, joining Greece and Ireland by becoming the third European nation to ask for outside help amid a bruising European financial crisis. Prime Minister Jose Socrates went on national television to announce that Portugal must take...

House Votes to End Mortgage Reduction Program

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans pushed through legislation Tuesday to terminate an underachieving Obama administration program designed to reduce mortgage payments for homeowners in danger of losing their homes to foreclosure. Most Democrats, while acknowledging that the Home Affordable Modification Program has fallen...