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John Trevena, the lawyer for a young Florida woman who was known for unstoppable hiccups and is now accused of murder said Tuesday he may present an unusual defense in her case: his client has Tourette’s Syndrome.† According to the Boston Herald, Jennifer Mee, 19, …

According to the New York Times Caucus blog, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday that it is immediately lifting a moratorium on deep-water drilling that was imposed after the BP oil spill, as new rules are put in place that are intended to prevent another …

USA Today reported that the White House plans to install solar panels on the top of its living quarters by spring of 2011. The panels will be used to heat the water system used by the first family and also generate some electricity. Jimmy Carter …

USA Today reported that a San Jose woman is being held on $1million bail after she was arrested for the seventh time for scratching luxury cars including BMWs, Mercedes-Benzes, and Lexus models throughout the Silicon Valley. Nancy Chi Ni was found in a mall parking …

Pastor Terry Jones will be expecting a bill from the city of Gainesville, Florida of an estimated $180,000 for security costs surrounding his controversial threat to burn Korans on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, according to CNN.com.† The police spent over a …

BP report spreads blame for Gulf coast Oil company British Petroleum reported new findings about the oil rig disaster last Wednesday after an internal investigation of the spill, but placed much of the blame to other involved parties, including contractors Halliburton and Transocean. Faulty cementing, …