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by Matthew Hay Brown The Senate voted overwhelmingly today to suspend shipments to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the House is expected to follow suit momentarily. House Republican leaders say the move, intended to reduce prices at the pump by......

Undated government photo of U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve's Big Hill site near Beaumont, Texas. (Source: Department of Energy/ via Bloomberg News) by Frank James How concerned are lawmakers during this election year about a voter backlash against...

Hannah Storm looks in this picture as if she is silently pleading to the camera, "Please, get me out of here and back to sports." Now she is. ESPN has hired her to host three of the nine new hours......

Jay Payton picked a good time to hit that grand slam yesterday, and not only because it gave the Orioles a 6-3 lead. Ninety students and staff from his former school, Roosevelt Middle in Zanesville, Ohio, were in attendance. The......

by Aamer Madhani UPDATED with Pelosi comment House minority leader John Boehner accused the Democrats of "playing political games" for stacking the spending bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with what he and other Republicans have called......

Republican Plandome Manor Mayor Barbara Donno was endorsed last night by the Nassau GOP for state Senate, to face rookie incumbent Democrat Craig Johnson in November. In a statement from the party, she is quoted as saying: "My passion is......

I suppose I should tell you more about the goings-on at the ESPN Upfront Tuesday. Frankly, it's all quite overwhelming and it was a challenge to keep all the stuff straight. I do know that snowboard goddess Gretchen Bleiler was......

by Mark Silva RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudis have agreed to only a modest boost in oil production, announced in the midst of meetings with Saudi King Abdullah and President Bush over tea, lunch and dinner and an overnight......

UPDATED State Rep. Adam Hasner announced today that he has gathered an ???outpouring of bipartisan support??? evidenced by having collected a sufficient number of petitions to qualify for re-election without having to pay a filing fee. Hasner, a...

by Mark Silva and updated RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - President Bush will be drinking a lot of tea here. Tea at the arrival ceremony at King Khalid International Airport, tea before lunch with King Abdullah at his palatial Al Jamadriyah......

By our Wellington reporter, Stephanie Horvath: Wellington???s small-town political scene might one day get a taste of Hollywood. Marisa DeMato, a contestant in season six of Donald Trump???s TV show the ???The Apprentice??? in Los Angeles, threw her hat.....

For those of you wondering about Scott Moore, he was placed on the inactive list at Triple-A Norfolk so he could attend to a family matter over the weekend. He's supposed to rejoin the team tomorrow. He's not injured. A few more......