FoxnewsWASHINGTON -- Seeking to address mounting criticism over high gas prices, President Obama is directing his administration to ramp up U.S. oil production by extending existing leases in the Gulf of Mexico and off Alaska's coast and holding more f… more »

My4News By Brooke Boone Nevada Seismologists are keeping a close eye on an area southwest of Hawthorne, Nevada where hundreds of earthquakes have been detected since Sunday. " It's a little bit concerning in a sense.. The largest earthquakes in thes… more »

< (CNN) -- Colorado and Oregon have joined several other Western states in reporting trace amounts of radioactive particles that have likely drifted about 5,000 miles from a quake and tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan,… more »

PM Naoto Kan said "we must rebuild Japan from scratch" Workers are close to restoring power to cooling systems at a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant, officials say. BBC News Engineers connected a cable through which they hope to supply elect… more »

Rob Bryan MeckGOP Chairman Photo: MeckGOP The Charlotte Examiner Bob Diamond Concerns regarding the operation of electronic voting machines in polling places across Mecklenburg County. Rob Bryan MeckGOP Chairman says, “There have been multip… more »