1. President Barack Obama is in Louisiana / where he's getting a fresh look at the damage being caused by the Gulf oil spill. It's his third visit to the region since the April explosion at the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. 2. Meantime, childr

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1. We are hoping to get word on Sunday on just how well the latest effort to stop the oil leaking on the Gulf of Mexico is going. Crews began forcing mud and debris into the well a few days ago. However underwater images show oil is still coming out.

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1. BP's again trying to contain the Gulf oil spill. The company declared failure in its latest attempt to plug the gusher. BP's next step will involve using a remote controlled undersea robots to saw off part of the broken pipe that leads from the we

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The UN security council's calling for impartial investigation of Israel's deadly commando raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The statement condomned the acts that have resulted in the loss of at least 9 lives. President Barack O

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1. BP says if all goes well, the spewing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico could be contained sometime today. BP is using robots to slice away a broken pipe so engineers can put a cap over the well's opening. At the same time, the Justice Department has

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This is AP News Minute. 1. Engineers trying to cap the pipe that's sending oil into the Gulf of Mexico may have to bring in a second saw to finish cutting the pipe. The one theyve been using became stuck in the pipe. Crews are still hoping to free it

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Emergency crews are working to link the last in a miles-long chain of booms designed to fend off the oil from reaching the beaches along the Florida Panhandle,the edge of that massive oil slick is only a couple of miles off the coast. Former Illinois

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1.BP officials say they expect to know Friday whether the latest effort will contain the Gulf oil spill. Works have been continuing undersea for days now, still officials say if this works, they'll be cleaning up the Gulf for some time. 2. Arizona

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1. The government's point man on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the catastrophe will persist well into the fall. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the spill will not be contained until the leak at the bottom of the Gulf is fully plugged. 2. Auth

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1. Longtime Washington journalist Helen Thomas abruptly retires from the Hearst News Service after her remarks on Israel sparked criticism. Thomas issued an apology but announced her retirement shortly after White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs d

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1. The Obama administration says BP has agreed to speed up payments to people and businesses whose livelihoods have been washed away by the Gulf oil spill. Those who have filed damage claims are complaining of delays and skimpy payments. 2. A souther

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1. A 16-year-old California girl, who was feared lost at sea while sailing solo around the world, has been found in the Indian Ocean. Rescue boats are now on the rescue of Abby Sunderland. Sunderland radioed that her boat was knocked down repeatedly

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1. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen says the cap of the broken wellhead is now collecting more than 620,000 gallons of oil in a day, but even as the amount of oil captured increases daily, officials still can't say how much additional oil is still esca

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1. President Barack Obama is welcoming new tougher UN Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, saying it sends an unmistakable message, but his Iranian counterpart says the new penalties are worthless, comparing them to annoy

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1. President Barack Obama will meet with BP executives today for the first time since the Gulf oil spill started. Last night, the president addressed the nation from the Oval Office, saying BP must set aside whatever money is needed to compensate tho

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1. The BP executive who angered Gulf residents by saying he wanted his life back is spending the day at a yacht race in England. A BP spokesperson calls it a rare moment of private time for CEO Tony Hayward. 2. A top US envoy is calling for an indepe

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1. There has been more sound and fury than substance in today's congressional hearing into BP. The chairman of the oil giant apologized for the spill in the Gulf, but didnt answer many questions. And instead, he didnt have the answers with him. 2. De

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1. BP CEO Tony Hayward is expected to appear before a House panel today. Hayward plans to tell Congress he's personally devastated by the Gulf oil spill. Hayward says BP has spent nearly 1.5 billion since the rig disaster, and adds BP won't stop unti

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1. President Barack Obama toured the white sand beaches of the Florida Panhandle Tuesday, vowing to fight the oil spill with (quote) everything we got. The president spoke in Pensacola to wrap up a two-day visit to the Gulf Coast before returning to

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1. The federal government has given BP until the end of the weekend to find better ways to contain the oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists estimate that between about 40 million gallons to 109 million gallons of oil have gushed into the g

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