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Leaking Oil Well Lacked Safeguard

Wall Street Journal - Russell Gold, Ben Casselman - ‎27 minutes ago‎
A photo from a NASA satellite showed the silvery swirling oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico on April 25. The oil well spewing crude into the Gulf of Mexico didn't have a remote-control shut-off switch used in ...

Iran, Egypt ready for battle at U.N. nuclear meeting

Reuters - Louis Charbonneau, Mohammad Zargham - ‎5 hours ago‎
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters)- Iran and Egypt are gearing up for battle against the United States and its allies over Israel and developing countries' rights to atomic technology at a major meeting on the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Fla. gov. on cusp of independent bid for US Senate

The Associated Press - Brendan Farrington - ‎2 hours ago‎
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The very thing that once made Gov. Charlie Crist the clear Republican choice to run for US Senate is also what will perhaps make it inevitable that he will eventually buck the party to run as an independent: his embrace - literally ...

Election 2010: Immigration not off limits, says Johnson

BBC News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Labour is not treating immigration as "off limits" a minister says after Gordon Brown called a pensioner who raised the issue "bigoted".

South Korea Holds Funeral for Sailors

Wall Street Journal - Evan Ramstad - ‎27 minutes ago‎
SEOUL—South Korea on Thursday laid to rest 46 sailors who died in the sinking of the patrol ship Cheonan near the maritime border with North Korea last month, in a series of emotional funeral events attended by President Lee Myung-bak, ...

Indian, Pakistani Leaders Meeting Seen as a Positive Step

Voice of America - ‎10 minutes ago‎
The prime ministers of rivals India and Pakistan have met Thursday in Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, on the sidelines of a summit of South Asian leaders.

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Tough AZ immigration law facing new road blocks

Washington Post - Jonathan J. Cooper, Paul Davenport - ‎58 minutes ago‎
AP PHOENIX -- A referendum drive and a lawsuit have emerged as potential road blocks to Arizona's tough new law on illegal immigration that has thrust the state into the national spotlight.

Regional wind farms get boost from Cape Cod approval

Philadelphia Inquirer - Sandy Bauers - ‎3 hours ago‎
Offshore wind developers in New Jersey and Delaware applauded an announcement Wednesday by the Obama administration to allow the Cape Wind project off Cape Cod to go forward.

In financial regs debate, senators look to details

The Associated Press - Jim Kuhnhenn - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Now it's all about the details. With Republicans ceding the way for debate, legislation to impose sweeping new controls on financial institutions faces a test from both parties.

Euro Rises After IMF Boosts Pledge to Aid Greece

New York Times - Landon Thomas Jr., Nicholas Kulish - ‎52 minutes ago‎
European stocks rose modestly and the euro halted its decline Thursday, a day after the International Monetary Fund promised to increase the 45 billion-euro aid package for Greece to as much as 120 billion euros ...

US Stock-Index Futures Advance; Palm, Baidu Shares Surge

BusinessWeek - Adam Haigh - ‎33 minutes ago‎
April 29 (Bloomberg) -- US stock-index futures rose on speculation earnings reports from companies including Exxon Mobil Corp., Motorola Inc. and Viacom Inc. will show the economic recovery is strengthening.

Santander Profit Rises as Brazil, Counter Spain Slump

BusinessWeek - Charles Penty - ‎28 minutes ago‎
April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Banco Santander SA, the biggest Spanish bank, said first-quarter profit rose 5.7 percent as growth in Brazil and the UK countered a slump at home.

Apple Buys a Start-Up for Its Voice Technology

New York Times - Jenna Wortham - ‎6 hours ago‎
Apple continued its migration into Google's turf on Wednesday with the acquisition of Siri, a mobile application that allows users to perform Web searches by voice command on a cellphone.

Asteroids the source of Earth's water, NASA suggests

Register - Lester Haines - ‎52 minutes ago‎
NASA scientists have provided tantalising evidence that Earth's oceans may have originated in space, supplied by water-packed asteroids which deposited their loads in terminal collisions with our ancient ...

Gizmodo's iPhone Saga: Fact vs. Speculation

PC World - Jared Newman - ‎12 hours ago‎
The high drama of Gizmodo and the iPhone prototype it acquired could be heading to the courtroom, as prosecutors try to determine who should face charges.

Molloy: New mom Sandra Bullock is still America's Sweetheart

New York Daily News - Joanna Molloy - ‎1 hour ago‎
Sandra Bullock managed to keep news of her adopted son Louis a secret during Oscar night - and through public heartbreak after Jesse James' mistress scandal broke.

Siobhan Magnus' 'Idol' run comes to an end

Boston Herald - Tenley Woodman - ‎2 hours ago‎
The independent spirit from Marstons Mills earned praise from “Idol” judges for her punk-rock rendition of mentor Shania Twain's “Any Man of Mine” Tuesday night.

Sneak peek at 'Iron Man 2'

Chicago Tribune - Geoff Boucher - ‎4 hours ago‎
Tony Stark breaks all the rules (even the one that says superheroes must keep a secret identity). Now comes "Iron Man 2," a film about secret dangers, the sins of the father and the nasty price of modern celebrity.

Barcelona determined to shake off Inter loss

USA Today - Paul Logothetis - ‎25 minutes ago‎
BARCELONA, Spain - Barcelona is determined to shake off its Champions League exit and focus on winning the league trophy, the last piece of silverware available to the defending Spanish champion.

Cardiac Habs believed in themselves

Washington Post - ‎4 hours ago‎

Jazz-Nuggets Game Review

USA Today - Bennett Salvatore - ‎23 minutes ago‎
Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Carmelo Anthony scored 26 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, as the hot-shooting Denver Nuggets beat Utah, 116-102, to force a sixth game in their Western Conference quarterfinal series.

Santa Cruz County air quality rated among the best in the nation

San Jose Mercury News - Jondi Gumz - ‎7 hours ago‎
SANTA CRUZ - The air in Santa Cruz County is among the cleanest in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Lung Association.

It's a sad day for Happy Meals in Santa Clara County

Los Angeles Times - Sharon Bernstein - ‎Apr 28, 2010‎
County officials vote to ban toys and other promotions that restaurants offer with high-calorie children's meals. By Sharon Bernstein, Los Angeles Times Happy Meal toys and other promotions that come with high-calorie children's meals will soon be ...

WellPoint first-quarter profit tops estimates

Reuters - Lewis Krauskopf, Derek Caney - ‎15 hours ago‎
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius at the White House in Washington, March 4, 2010. NEW YORK (Reuters) - WellPoint Inc (WLP.

Documents: Teens' killer stalked others

CNN - ‎Apr 27, 2010‎
Chelsea King, 17, was last seen leaving her high school in suburban San Diego, California, on February 25. (CNN) -- Authorities believe that a registered sex offender who this month admitted killing two California teenagers attempted to follow an ...

A Little Too Ready for Her Close-Up?

New York Times - Laura M. Holson - ‎Apr 23, 2010‎
LET'S MEET Sande Alessi, a casting director, said head shots do not always show whether an actress has had cosmetic surgery. By LAURA M. HOLSON IT took years for Hollywood to create the perfect woman.

Map shows 50 new California faults

Los Angeles Times - Hector Becerra - ‎20 hours ago‎
The surface faults have been discovered over the last two decades. Placing them all on one map will help educate the public and aid in planning and quake readiness.

Coffee: Is it healthier than you think?

CNN - Sarah Klein - ‎17 hours ago‎
Research suggests that despite the downsides of coffee, it may have an upside, such as antioxidants. (Health.com) -- Elaine Murszewski is a self-proclaimed coffee addict.

Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?

CNN - John D. Sutter - ‎22 hours ago‎
Livermore, California (CNN) -- Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world's largest laser -- it's the size of three football fields -- to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom ...
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