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The conservative American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which receives funds from 140 U.S. companies, is breaking federal tax laws, Common Cause charged.

On Sunday, while Trayvon Martin's parents published a Card of Thanks in The Miami Herald obituary page, the man accused of killing the 17-year-old boy has been released on $150,000 bond from a Florida county jail around midnight. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, walked out of jail with another man avoiding eye contact with photographers waiting outside the jail. The man and Zimmerman walked straight to a BMW parked outside the jail, and drove away.As of now, the destination ...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Philip Humber threw the first perfect game of the season -- and only the 21st in the history of Major League Baseball -- to lead the Sox to a 4-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

Balancing the ticket with a Hispanic running mate would do little to alter Romney's weak standing among Latinos, according to a new Public Policy Polling analysis.

Political activist and Grammy-award winning producer Wyclef Jean has created a new video that pays homage to Trayvon Marton, the 17-year-old boy that was gunned down by neighborhood watchmen George Zimmerman.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is hoping a federal judge will block the Labor Department's proposed changes in the way foreign unskilled guest workers are recruited under the H-2B visa program. Those changes are set to go into effect April 27.

President Obama is urging Congress to prevent a planned interest rate increase on federal student loans, weighing in on the latest budget showdown.

A Florida judge granted George Zimmerman bail after the defendant took the stand and apologized to Trayvon Martin's parents for his role in their son's death.

A new, graphic photo of George Zimmerman's bloodied head may prove to be valuable new evidence in the Trayvon Martin shooting case. The photo, which was obtained exclusively by ABC News, was taken three minutes after Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Martin in the Sanford, Fla., development of the Retreat at Twin Lakes on Feb. 26.

A study conducted along the Florida coast suggests the Gulf of Mexico is far from decontaminated two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and that a dispersant used in the aftermath of the spill may be partly to blame.

Organizers announce that Microsoft will be the official innovation provider, working on ways to use Xbox and other technology at the GOP event.

ALEC attempted to recruit conservative bloggers at a Heritage Foundation event as part of a public relations counteroffensive, as corporate sponsors continued to drop the company.

The Coast Guard said a small, private plane, a Cessna 421C, sunk into the Gulf of Mexico. Crews flying over the site of the crash gave did not see any indication that the pilot survived.

A strong solar storm could cause devastating consequences for the planet, researchers said. Earth needs to better prepare for an event that could knock out power and GPS satellites, possibly for months.

Here are the Packers biggest needs heading into the draft, as well as some players they might target.

Could it be just a slip of the tongue, or does Florida Sen. Marco Rubio know something we don't?

A 500-year-old painting that was stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis during World War II has been returned to its rightful owners by U.S. officials, the Associated Press reported.

Gov. Rick Scott announced the name's of Florida officials charged with reviewing investigating citizen safety in relation to the controversial self-defense law.

Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr., has taken over as the new presiding judge in the trial of George Zimmerman, who faces a second-degree murder charge for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

Earlier this week news spread of a 28-year-old Chicago woman who took out an ad on Craigslist to find her baby daddy. The twist? She had sex with the mystery man in the bathroom of Chicago's Aragon Ballroom during a Megadeth/ Motorhead concert in March. After having the Craigslist ad deleted, the woman finally came forward to Fuse to announce some big news. It was all a hoax.

A 25-year-old bar hand, registered as sex offender, has been questioned twice after North Carolina authorities said that the sex offender was one of the last people to see Kelli Bordeaux alive.