Oil nears Fla. beaches as BP tries risky cap move (AP)

AP - The BP oil slick drifted within striking distance of the Florida Panhandle’s white sand beaches for the first time, raising the stakes another notch as submersible robots made another risky attempt to control the underwater Gulf of Mexico gusher.

BP tries again to curb oil spill as stock falls anew (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc forged ahead with its latest effort to curb the flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico as the British energy giant’s shares fell anew on Wednesday and the U.S. government launched criminal and civil probes into the disaster.

BP tries again to curb oil spill, stock falls anew (Reuters)

Reuters - BP Plc forged ahead with its latest effort to curb the flow of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico as the British energy giant’s shares fell anew on Wednesday and the U.S. government launched criminal and civil probes into the disaster.

Victoria Principal donates to oil-spill cleanup (AP)

AP - As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico, Victoria Principal has stepped up with a $200,000 donation to help clean things up.

Russian Soyuz returns from space station mission (Reuters)

Reuters - A Russian Soyuz spacecraft containing an international trio of astronauts who oversaw the final assembly stage of a $100 billion space station landed safely on Kazakhstan’s steppe on Wednesday.

The nation’s weather (AP)

AP - Severe weather was forecast to continue developing along a warm front tracking through the Midwest on Wednesday.

Russian Soyuz Spacecraft Lands Safely with Station Crew (SPACE.com)

SPACE.com - A
Russian Soyuz spacecraft landed safely in Kazakhstan late Tuesday to return a
cosmonaut and two astronauts back home from the International Space Station
after nearly six months in space.

Crews probe Guatemala sinkhole as neighbors flee (AP)

AP - A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists.

Military to Adopt NFL’s Instant Replay Technology (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - The same video technology the NFL uses for instant replay during
football games could soon help monitor battlefields in Afghanistan.

Long-Necked Dinosaurs Held Heads High

LiveScience.com - The long necks of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived
might have been raised high after all, a new study now suggests.