U.S. senators or Senate staff members received 30 loans—far more than had previously been known—under a controversial lending program at Countrywide Financial that provided cut-rate terms to favored borrowers.

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Washington's major business groups plan to confront the Obama administration today over economic policy, calling on the government to cut taxes and curb its regulatory agenda.

Farmers who use derivatives to hedge crop risks fear new regulations will raise costs.

BP postponed testing on a new tight-fitting containment cap after officials said that further analysis needed to be done before determining the fitness of the cap. The company halted drilling on a relief well as a precaution.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has analyzed dozens of data recorders from Toyota vehicles involved in accidents blamed on sudden acceleration and found that the throttles were wide open and the brakes were not engaged.

BP may finally be reaching a turning point in the Gulf oil crisis, although tests were postponed on a newly installed containment cap that should stop the flow of oil leaking from its blown-out well.

The popular dishes, prepared with uncooked ingredients, were blamed for one in 25 identified outbreaks of food poisoning at restaurants between 1998 and 2008—more than twice the rate of the previous decade.

A federal appeals court struck down the FCC's indecency policy, saying the agency's efforts to punish broadcasters for allowing "fleeting" expletives is "unconstitutionally vague."