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WASHINGTON – House and Senate conferees abandoned giving makers of the gasoline additive MTBE (search) liability protection against environmental lawsuits on Sunday, removing the major roadblock to enactment of broad energy legislation. Senate negotiators rejected a House proposal for a $11.4 billion MTBE cleanup fund that House Republicans had hoped …

CAMARILLO, Calif. – Gas prices (search) have hit a record high of $2.33 a gallon, pushed up by the climbing cost of oil and strong demand in the midst of the summer vacation season, an industry analyst said Sunday. Motorists could have more bad news on the way, with Hurricane …

WASHINGTON – The White House is cooperating with an FBI investigation into a former Marine who worked in the vice president’s office and has been charged with passing classified information to Filipino officials. Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, a 21-year Marine (search) veteran who became an FBI intelligence analyst last year, already …