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Thursday, May 30, 2013  Probe of well-connected truck stop chain, owned by the Tennessee governor's family, may widen

Saturday, April 13, 2013  The Social Security Administration says one of its fraud investigators received a readable list of Missourians who have concealed-weapons permits but that the list was later destroyed.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Federal officials want to shut down the air traffic control tower at Columbia Regional Airport on April 7 because of forced budget cuts in Washington.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Feds say New York City terror sting suspect picked hard target

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Republican challenger Todd Akin says the payments are a "conflict of interest"

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  Civil rights leaders aim to keep pressure on Florida officials to arrest man who shot black teen

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Updated with audio/video of 911 call: US Justice Department says it will investigate fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a black teen in Florida.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011  APNewsBreak: Documents left by FBI suggest probe of anti-war activists rooted in Colombia trip

Thursday, December 16, 2010  Feds sue BP, other companies for oil spill damages, saying their safety lapses led to blast.

Friday, December 10, 2010  US Education officials confirm that Virginia Tech's response to 2007 shooting rampage broke law

Tuesday, August 31, 2010  The Obama administration on Tuesday asked a federal judge to lift a restraining order that it says could undercut federally funded embryonic stem cell research.

Sunday, August 01, 2010  U.S. regulators earlier this year demanded improvements to the pipeline network that includes a segment that ruptured in southern Michigan, spilling hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River

Wednesday, June 02, 2010  Federal regulators approved Wednesday the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water, even while deepwater projects remain frozen after the massive BP oil spill.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009  Federal authorities in Detroit say they fatally shot the leader of a radical fundamentalist Sunni Islam group

Thursday, September 24, 2009  Feds file bomb plot charge against terror suspect Zazi in NYC investigation