Incumbent Ivory Coast leader sues regional bloc (AP)

AP - Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo filed a lawsuit Monday against the West African regional bloc for recognizing his rival as the winner of the country's recent presidential election.

Potential scams top 7,000 in BP spill compensation (AP)

AP - The $20 billion fund responsible for compensating victims of BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill has received more than 7,000 potentially fraudulent claims, many of which have been referred to the Justice Department for criminal investigations, the fund's administrator told a Senate panel on Thursday.