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

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

Victoria Principal donates to oil-spill cleanup (AP)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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)

lrenz — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:35 +0000

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