<div id="subtitle">Brady Campaign sues to stop the carrying of loaded firearms in most national parks</div><div><p>The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence sued the Bush administration Tuesday in hopes of stopping a new policy that would allow people to carry concealed, loaded guns ...
<div id="subtitle">Fed watchdog reveals improper relationships among oil brokers, energy company employees</div><div><p>Government brokers responsible for collecting billions of dollars in federal oil royalties operated in a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" that included having sex with energy company employees, accepting lavish ...
<div id="subtitle">Fed watchdog reveals improper relationships among oil brokers, energy company employees</div><div><p>Government brokers responsible for collecting billions of dollars in federal oil royalties operated in a "culture of substance abuse and promiscuity" that included having sex with energy company employees, accepting lavish ...
<div id="subtitle">Oil brokers sex scandal, conflicts of interest may affect offshore drilling debate</div><div><p>A scandal involving sex, drugs and — uh, offshore oil drilling.</p><p>It's a strange mix, and it couldn't have come at a worse time for those in ...
<div id="subtitle">GOP says Democrats' drilling plan would leave most oil untouched, 50-mile buffer a problem</div><div><p>House Republicans attacked a Democratic offshore drilling plan Friday for including a 50-mile coastal buffer that they said would leave untouched most of the 18 billion barrels of ...
<div><h1> INTERIOR DEPT. SCANDAL </h1><p>Ski vacations, golf outings, side deals, even illicit sex--this imbroglio has it all. On Sept. 10 investigators released a report that says Interior Dept. officials in charge of collecting billions in royalties from energy outfits took gifts, steered ...
<div id="subtitle">Interior Dept. expands ethics oversight, considers firing workers in sex and gifts scandal</div><div><p>Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne told Congress on Thursday that he is considering firing employees in his department's oil royalties office who investigators say were receiving lavish gifts, partying and ...
<div id="subtitle">Government joins Indian plaintiffs in requesting appeal of recent trust ruling</div><div><p>The government has requested an appeal of a judge's ruling to award American Indian plaintiffs $455 million in a 12-year-old trust case.</p><p>The government's request to appeal ...
<div id="subtitle">Congress opens offshore spigot, but it'll be years before oil starts flowing</div><div><p>The welcome sign is going out to oil and gas companies off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.</p><p>A quarter-century ban on offshore exploration expires in this coming ...
<div id="subtitle">Lawsuit seeks to get government to reconsider Species Act protection for wolverine</div><div><p>Environmental groups sued the federal government Tuesday to protect wolverines under the Endangered Species Act, saying the Interior Department disregarded scientific conclusions that the species was in jeopardy.</p><p> ...
