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Tom Breen

FILE - In this March 22, 2007, file photo Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards listens to his wife Elizabeth, not shown, talk to media about her recurrence of cancer during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. The legal case against two-time presidential candidate focuses on where to draw the line between the public and private in a politician's life. The central dispute over Edwards' indictment on felony charges is whether money, spent by two supporters to keep his mistress in hiding, were campaign contributions or private gifts from friends. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) (AP)

John Edwards asks judge for delay in sex tape case

Tom Breen

Will Harrison's flag hangs from a fallen tree after it was blown off his house when a tornado ripped through the Cottonade neighborhood Saturday, April 16, 2011 in Fayetteville, N.C. Homes and businesses were badly damaged Saturday by a severe storm system that whipped across North Carolina, bringing flash floods, hail and reports of tornadoes from the western hills to the streets of Raleigh. (AP Photo/The Fayetteville Observer, Andrew Craft) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; NO SALES (AP)

At least 35 dead in 6 states after storm’s rampage

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Historian tweets about Civil War to bring back era

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5 dead in East Coast floods

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Feds: Relief drilling needed to kill BP’s well

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BP says testing process on cap should begin “soon”

Tom Breen, Harry R. Weber

BP starts testing on leaky well cap in the Gulf

Tom Breen, Harry R. Weber

Setback: BP cap in limbo over government questions

Tom Breen, Harry R. Weber

BP to start closing valves on blown-out well

Tom Breen, Harry R. Weber

BP works to put a tighter-fitting cap on the well

Tom Breen, Harry R. Weber

BP: Oil cap will be attached today

Tom Breen, Harry Weber

Feds say Gulf leak could be contained by Monday

Tom Breen

Faith in BP cleanup rests on giant tanker

Tom Breen

Sand blows across a tiger dam on a beach as the outer edges of Tropical Storm Alex approach the Louisiana coast in Grand Isle, La., Tuesday, June 29, 2010. The dam is expected to protect the island's beaches from oil that washes ashore from April's Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (AP)

Distant hurricane pushes oil onto beaches

Tom Breen, Mary Foster

Tropical Storm Alex halts skimming operations off Gulf Coast

Tom Breen, Jay Reeves

Smoke, fear of fire push rescuers from W.Va. mine

Tom Breen, Dena Potter

States scramble on campaign spending limits

Tom Breen, Lawrence Messina