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BP and plaintiffs involved in the high-profile legal battle over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico have reached an agreement, a judge said late Friday.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says Tottenham directors will be 'worried' about Harry Redknapp's future.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- BP agreed late Friday to settle lawsuits brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant's 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in the nation's history....

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama man who was acquitted in his bride's diving death said he did what he thought was the best course of action when she struggled for air off Australia's Great Barrier Reef....

HENRYVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Powerful storms leveled small towns in southern Indiana, transforming entire blocks of homes into piles of debris, tossing school buses into a home and a restaurant and causing destruction so severe it was difficult to tell what was once there. As night fell, dazed residents shuffled through town, some looking for relatives, while rescue workers searched the rubble for survivors. Without power, the only light in town came from cars that crawled down the streets....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Conservative rivals of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are leading in the race for parliament seats according to early election results....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

WILLOUGHBY, Ohio (AP) -- This state's Super Tuesday primary is proving to be the perfect microcosm of the nation's unruly race for the Republican presidential nomination: Mitt Romney is spending lots of money, Rick Santorum is aggressively courting conservatives and Newt Gingrich is counting on big ideas to swing votes his way....

Thousands turn out to elect a new leader for a Chinese village that staged a high-profile revolt over perceived local corruption.

Scotland Yard launches a review of hundreds of unsolved murders, amid hopes forensic science will provide breakthroughs.

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beetles will have their cab licenses expire by the end of the year, marking the end of an adventurous if uncomfortable part of Mexico City life....

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beetles will have their cab licenses expire by the end of the year, marking the end of an adventurous if uncomfortable part of Mexico City life....

Papers maintain focus on Syrian district Baba Amr

NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement deal with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help the company restore its all-important relationship with the federal government.

Although the company still has a few major legal ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- A former Rutgers University student convicted Friday in the webcam spying episode that ended in his gay roommate's suicide could be headed off to prison in a case experts say stands as a tragic lesson for young people about casual cruelties and unintended consequences in the Internet age....