Accused killer and crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger decided Friday not to take the stand in his defense during his federal trial in Boston. Bulger told the judge he wasn't getting a fair trial.

(CNN) -- Their home has its own bowling alley, movie theatre, and chef. But while living in the White House could leave Sasha and Malia Obama with a distorted sense of how Americans live, their father says he's always conveying to his daughters how abnormal their situation really is.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate voted Wednesday to confirm B. Todd Jones as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, giving the politically controversial agency its first permanent director since 2006.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. oil reserves posted their biggest gain ever in 2011, largely thanks to the controversial hydraulic fracturing production technique, according to a new report.

A Florida Sheriff says an unarmed man -- mistaken for a car thief and shot by deputies in his own driveway -- is both a suspect and a victim. Deputies say he refused to obey commands and lunged at them before they fired 15  rounds shattering one of his legs.

Two Northern California men are due in federal court Wednesday in what began as another big pot-growing drug bust but what has become a horrifying story of one teenager's alleged torment, captivity and sexual abuse.

Obamacare would keep running even in a government shutdown, a new congressional report suggests.

(CNN) -- The White House is continuing to push back against a barrage of criticism and some recent bad press about the effect of President Obama's health care law on the overall economy.

(CNN) -- The U.S. intelligence community plans to declassify additional information about surveillance programs of the National Security Agency, possibly as soon as Tuesday, CNN has learned.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will offer a new proposal Tuesday that would cut corporate taxes while investing in programs that could put more Americans in well paying, full-time jobs, the White House said.