Signs of oil spill recovery entering new phase
By HARRY R. WEBER and GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press Writers
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) -- BP's new boss says it's time for a "scaleback" in cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Federal officials say there is no way the crude could reach the East C ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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Bill Clinton emerges on Chelsea's NY wedding eve
By JIM FITZGERALD and MICHAEL HILL
Associated Press Writers
RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) -- Bill Clinton made a long-anticipated appearance in the upstate New York village where his daughter is getting married, drawing crowds of onlookers Friday aftern ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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Calif. wildfire jumps aqueduct, approaches homes
By JACOB ADELMAN
Associated Press Writer
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) -- A huge wildfire in the high desert wilderness north of Los Angeles jumped an aqueduct on Friday, rushing toward hundreds of houses as firefighters also tried to keep flames from ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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Slowing economic rebound raises unemployment fears
By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The recovery is losing so much momentum that employers are unlikely to step up hiring anytime this year, and unemployment could return to double digits.
That was the bleak conclusion ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degrees
By BRUCE SMITH
Associated Press Writer
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Heat advisories were posted from the Carolinas to the Great Plains as the South continued to roast Friday under temperatures and humidity that made beaches feel more like bakeries ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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Wildlife rescue escalates at Mich. river oil spill
By TIM MARTIN
Associated Press Writers
MARSHALL, Mich. (AP) -- Volunteers and government officers scrambled on Friday to save geese and other wildlife damaged by an oil spill in a southern Michigan river as the Canadian company that owns the ... CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY
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