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Leaking Oil Well Lacked SafeguardWall Street Journal - - 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 ... Video: Coast Guard: New Oil Leak in Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf oil spill 'five times' larger than estimated The Guardian Iran, Egypt ready for battle at U.N. nuclear meetingReuters - - 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. UN Chief Seeks to Strengthen Nuclear Pact New York Times Iranian MP says US held in contempt Press TV Fla. gov. on cusp of independent bid for US SenateThe Associated Press - - 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 ... Video: Florida Governor Expected to Run As Independent
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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".
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Brown issues new apology for 'bigot' gaffe CNN International
South Korea Holds Funeral for Sailors
Wall Street Journal - - 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, ...
Video: South Korean president honours the victims of the Cheonan disaster
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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 - - 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.
New immigration law turns Arizona into police state New York Daily News
Arizona immigration law boosts Gov. Brewer's rating Arizona Republic
Regional wind farms get boost from Cape Cod approval
Philadelphia Inquirer - - 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.
Video: Feds Approve 1st US Offshore Wind Farm
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Mass. Cape Wind gets thumbs up, thumbs down The Associated Press
In financial regs debate, senators look to details
The Associated Press - - 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.
Debate to begin on financial rules overhaul Boston Globe
GOP relents, lets debate open on financial reform Salt Lake Tribune
Euro Rises After IMF Boosts Pledge to Aid Greece
New York Times - - 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 ...
Video: Spain Downgraded, Europe Debt Crisis Widens
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US Stock-Index Futures Advance; Palm, Baidu Shares Surge
BusinessWeek - - 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.
HP Buys Palm: It's All About Tablets TheStreet.com
Santander Profit Rises as Brazil, Counter Spain Slump
BusinessWeek - - 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.
Santander 1Q Profit Rises On Brazil; Beats Views Wall Street Journal
Apple Buys a Start-Up for Its Voice Technology
New York Times - - 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.
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Asteroids the source of Earth's water, NASA suggests
Register - - 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 - - 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.
Apple comes down hard on iPhone leakers NetworkWorld.com
Molloy: New mom Sandra Bullock is still America's Sweetheart
New York Daily News - - 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.
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Jesse James 'looks defeated and sad' msnbc.com
Siobhan Magnus' 'Idol' run comes to an end
Boston Herald - - 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.
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Sneak peek at 'Iron Man 2'
Chicago Tribune - - 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.
'Iron Man' actor Robert Downey Jr. tells Rolling Stone about prison, heroin ... New York Daily News
Barcelona determined to shake off Inter loss
USA Today - - 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
The ugly purple welts, Canadiens defenceman Josh Gorges was saying in the hours before last night's game, "are playoff hockey.
Jazz-Nuggets Game Review
USA Today - - 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 - - 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.
Video: Air quality alert
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County gets an F for foul air quality Mail Tribune
It's a sad day for Happy Meals in Santa Clara County
Los Angeles Times - - 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 ...
Santa Clara County says no to fast-food toys San Francisco Chronicle
WellPoint first-quarter profit tops estimates
Reuters - - 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.
WellPoint joins other insurers with big 1Q profit The Associated Press
WellPoint adopts policy rescission limits early Indianapolis Star
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 - - 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 - - 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 - - 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 - - 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 ...