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Crews take step toward readying permanent well fix (AP)
AP - Crews took another step toward readying the relief well expected to finally kill the Gulf of Mexico oil gusher, removing the plug they
152 die as plane crashes in rainy Pakistan hills (AP)
AP - A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan's capital Wednesday, killing ...
FBI director defends bureau over test cheating (AP)
AP - FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam ...
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered (AP)
AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was ...
Pitino tells jury about sex with extortion suspect (AP)
AP - A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and ...
Company ramps up effort to clean Mich. river spill (AP)
AP - Michigan's governor on Wednesday sharply criticized attempts to contain a large oil spill making its way down the Kalamazoo River after the company ...
Amazon offers $139 wireless Kindle for mass appeal (Reuters)
Reuters - Amazon.com launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday, betting that the $139 price will turn its latest electronic reader into a mass-appeal device ...
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, ...
AP source: Intelligence nominee has smooth session (AP)
AP - President Barack Obama's nominee to be chief of U.S. intelligence, James R. Clapper, is expected to be approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee ...
Giants' Wilson fined for wearing orange cleats (AP)
AP - San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson has been fined by major league baseball for wearing orange cleats during Tuesday's 6-4 win over the ...
Senate energy bill draws widespread criticism (Reuters)
Reuters - Republicans and some moderate Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday began picking apart a new energy bill that they complained goes too far ...
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered (AP)
AP - Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was ...
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations (AP)
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, ...
Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency (Reuters)
Reuters - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency over the state's finances on Wednesday, raising pressure on lawmakers to negotiate a state ...
Special Report: Watching grass grow in the Gulf, and cheering! (Reuters)
Reuters - Marsh grasses are the tough guys of the plant world. Left alone, they dominate coastal marshes from Texas to Newfoundland. Burn their stems ...
U.S. keeps pressure on Iraq to form new government (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Iraq's politicians, still unable to agree on a new government, to "get on with the ...
When thieves hit, great-grandmother in Fla. bit (AP)
AP - A great-grandmother in Daytona Beach bit an assailant and was dragged several feet hanging on to the getaway car of a couple who ...
WikiLeaks: We don't know source of leaked data (AP)
AP - WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret U.S. military documents, telling journalists that the Web site was ...
Sarkozy orders illegal Roma immigrants expelled (AP)
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday ordered authorities to expel Gypsy illegal immigrants and dismantle their camps, amid accusations that his government is ...
Pitino arrives at courthouse for extortion trial (AP)
AP - Jurors in the extortion trial of a former model have heard a lot about the night she met Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino ...