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What's more, the infrastructure problem could persist throughout 2014, as railroads turn to shipping more-profitable crude oil.

Which U.S. cities have the largest St. Patrick's Day parades? Find out if yours made the cut, plus the 2014 date, time and route maps for major cities like New York, Boston and Chicago.

The cap is required by a deal over its nuclear program with six global powers: U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Russia and China.

Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the U.S. government will allow BP to bid for contracts again.

Global oil supplies have danced with record highs this year; unfortunately, it hasn't lowered crude's sky-high price.

Saint Patrick's Day is Monday but not all cities are celebrating the patron saint of Ireland's holiday on March 17.

In an unusually robust and emotional speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of "catastrophe" unless Russia changes course.

Expanding the search area to the Indian Ocean would be consistent with the theory that the 777 may have detoured to the west about an hour after take-off from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing.

Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg claimed to have called President Barack Obama regarding NSA surveillance.

Angelina Jolie said her daughter Vivienne was the only child who wasn't afraid of her "Maleficent" costume.

But Russia’s central bank has been a strong and consistent buyer of gold in the past several years.

An alliance of Democrats and Republicans have agreed to extend lapsed unemployment benefits and retroactively pay out months of missed benefits.

Seven suits in three states announced Thursday claim world’s largest fast-food chain doesn’t get to skirt alleged violations of its franchisers.

Although Chromebooks account for only 1 percent of laptop sales worldwide, Google is confident that their success in the U.S. will mean big global growth.

Having been fortunate just to make it to the World Cup, can Mexico now make their mark in Brazil and reach the quarterfinals for the first time outside their home country?

But a compelling question remains: will the overhaul and sweeping layoffs satisfy the bank's restive shareholders?

"Twilight" fans are blasting "Divergent" Actress Shailene Woodley on Twitter for calling the vampire love story "toxic."

It may be six years before General Electric works out the kinks and can sell the fridges commercially.

If extreme Iran-style sanctions are imposed on Russian exports, the EU would be much more exposed than the U.S.

Canadian carrier Rogers is rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Samsung Galaxy S4.

The CIA's Senate Intelligence Committee abuse is hardly new. The CIA has frustrated JFK assassination inquiries/records access for decades.