Oil spill

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge who overturned a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed after the Gulf oil spill refused Thursday to put his ruling on hold while the government appeals.

NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as rash and heavy-handed Tuesday, saying the government simply assumed that because one rig exploded, the others pose an imminent danger, too.

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Friday drew upon a group of experienced attorneys who have handled some of the largest product liability cases in the U.S.

Bomb scare interrupts flight carrying 273 people, but may have been a hoax STOCKHOLM (AP) - Canadian police are investigating whether a phoned-in hoax caused a Pakistani jet to be diverted to Stockholm for several hours Saturday for fear that one of its passangers was carrying explosives.