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BP: Gulf cap collected 7850 barrels so far June 8Reuters - - 11 minutes ago HOUSTON, June 8 (Reuters) - BP Plc's seabed containment cap collected 7850 barrels of oil through noon CDT (1 pm EDT/1700 GMT) on Tuesday which, if sustained, would reach the company's highest daylong collection rate yet. Video: Allen: Containment Cap Showing Promise 
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Polls close in three states, primary vote counting underwayUSA Today - 52 minutes ago A handful of incumbents and established candidates across the country are preparing for a long night as vote counting gets underway on the busiest primary day of the 2010 election season. A Guide to the Biggest Primary Day of the Year (So Far) New York Times 44: Court blocks Arizona candidates' matching fundsWashington Post - - 3 hours ago The Supreme Court on Tuesday stopped Arizona from distributing campaign subsidies to publicly funded candidates facing big-spending opponents. US Supreme Court blocks Ariz. campaign finance law The Associated Press |
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Specifics Determined for Iran Sanctions
New York Times - - 3 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council is expected to pass a new round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Wednesday, with the council's permanent members agreeing to add 41 companies and one ...
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Iran's Hushed-Up Civil War Newsweek
Spain strike ends on downbeat note at Madrid march
Reuters - - 4 hours ago
Public sector workers take part in a demonstration in downtown Oviedo, northern Spanish region of Asturias June 8, 2010. MADRID (Reuters) - A day of protest against Spanish austerity measures drew fewer than 4000 to an evening march in central Madrid, ...
2 million public servants on strike in Spain ABC Online
Lieberman: Turkey will not change
Jerusalem Post - - 47 minutes ago
Ankara continued to pile unrelenting criticism on Israel on Tuesday, with President Abdullah Gul saying that Israel would be isolated and “suffer the consequences” of its “mistake against Turkey.
Obama to meet with Palestinian Authority leader Washington Post
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Defense attorney: Blagojevich 'didn't take a dime'
The Associated Press - - 23 minutes ago
CHICAGO - An attorney for Rod Blagojevich declared Tuesday that the former Illinois governor is an honest man who "didn't take a dime" of illegal money and simply trusted the wrong people to handle his fundraising before he was ousted by corruption ...
Blagojevich is broke, attorney says: 'He didn't take a dime' Chicago Sun-Times
Senate jobs bill would hike fund manager tax
Reuters - - 1 hour ago
The Capitol building is seen as the sun begins to set under heavy cloud cover in Washington November 20, 2008. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Tuesday proposed to raise taxes on profits made by investment fund managers as part of a larger ...
Dodd, Frank Set Plan to Finish Work on Financial Bill Wall Street Journal
Senate weakens bid to tax Wall Street like rest of us MiamiHerald.com
Why is Obama still pushing health-care reform?
Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours ago
President Obama is still trying to win over public opinion on health-care reform. On Tuesday, he told Maryland seniors that $250 checks aimed at plugging the 'doughnut hole' in prescription drug coverage hit the mail June 10.
Sizing up GM's latest recall
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- General Motors announced a huge voluntary recall Tuesday. When dolling yourself up for a public stock offering, it's not exactly the impression you're after.
Fire Hazard Forces Broad GM Recall New York Times
Taylor's Gulf Oil Wells Leaking for Years, US Says
BusinessWeek - - 18 minutes ago
June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Oil wells owned by Taylor Energy Co. have been leaking in the Gulf of Mexico since 2004, part of “hundreds of small oil leaks” occurring every year, the US Interior Department said today in a ...
Dept Of Interior: Small Amount Of Oil Leaking From Taylor Energy Wells Wall Street Journal
Scientists Confirm Underwater Oil Plume Came from BP
TIME - - 46 minutes ago
The NOAA Thomas Jefferson sits at port on the Mississippi River in New Orleans, May 31, 2010. Give the image makers at BP credit for knowing how to stick to a story.
Transcript of Adm. Thad Allen's Tuesday BP oil leak briefing MiamiHerald.com
Wireless Woes Rain 'Fail' on Steve Jobs' Keynote
Wired News - - 2 hours ago
Gizmodo's leak of the iPhone 4 already made Monday's Apple keynote slightly awkward. But the most uncomfortable moment was when part of Steve Jobs' iPhone 4 demo failed due to Wi-Fi issues.
First look: Safari 5's extensions
Macworld - - 26 minutes ago
Safari 5 delivers many new features to Apple's Web browser, but few are more prominent than the arrival of an extensions system.
Apple's other WWDC news: Safari 5 Washington Post
Apple's Safari 4.1, 5.0 Fix 47 Vulnerabilities PC Magazine
NYT demands Pulse app be pulled from App Store
CNET - - 8 minutes ago
An iPad app called Pulse, a visual RSS reader for news headlines, shot to the top of the app world only to hit the bottom in less than 24 hours.
New York Times Forces Apple to Pull 'Pulse' App PC Magazine
Lindsay Lohan Faces Another Arrest Warrant
People Magazine - - 39 minutes ago
Something set off Lindsay Lohan's alcohol-monitoring bracelet - and that set off a judge. An arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for the actress by the same Los Angeles judge who earlier issued a warrant when Lohan failed to show up to court.
Judge sets new bail for Lohan at $200K The Associated Press
Mortal Kombat Rebirth
LiveStreetJournal - 18 minutes ago
These are GREAT NEWS! A nearly eight-minute-long teaser for “Mortal Kombat: Rebirth” appeared on YouTube today.It shows a new interpretation of the franchise with plenty of famous faces.. Most of the clip takes place in a Deacon City Police Department ...
Mortal Kombat 'Rebirth' live action trailer Computerandvideogames.com
New Mortal Kombat Promotional Reel Delivers the Goods Dread Central
Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' Video: A Guide To Its Madonna References
MTV.com - - 1 hour ago
Aside from initial 'Vogue' comparisons, there are traces of 'Like a Prayer,' 'Human Nature' and other Material Girl clips.
'Baby Gaga' stirs up quite a fuss Chicago Tribune
Lady Gaga premiers 'Alejandro' video: Watch it here. Entertainment Weekly
From pre-game to first pitch, follow Stephen Strasburg's start
USA Today - - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON -- It didn't matter that she was four and a half hours early to the game, and it apparently didn't matter who she was, security didn't want to let the wife of Stephen Strasburg into Nationals Park.
What injury? Lakers big man Bynum playing bigger
CBSSports.com - - 54 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES -- Andrew Bynum doesn't want to talk about his right knee. His knee isn't just in pain -- it's injured. He needs surgery, but he won't have it until after the NBA Finals.
Pau Gasol, Lakers-Celtics, and the outsourcing of the NBA Finals Christian Science Monitor
Fates of Nebraska, Big 12, maybe Big East lie with Osborne
CBSSports.com - - 46 minutes ago
Nebraska's AD probably can't go through a day without being reminded of one of the most noble, brave and decisive moves in coaching history.
FDA Needs Food Safety Overhaul: Report
U.S. News & World Report - - 2 hours ago
TUESDAY, June 8 (HealthDay News) -- The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) isn't equipped to handle problems with the food supply and is in need of a major revamping, a government panel of experts reported Tuesday.
Health Highlights: June 8, 2010
U.S. News & World Report - 5 hours ago
Mother and child health, family planning and nutrition programs in developing countries are going to be a new focus for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates Foundation to Focus on Maternal, Child Health Wall Street Journal
Secondhand smoke may harm mental health
Reuters - - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Other people's smoke is bad for your lungs and bad for your heart, and new research suggests it could be bad for your mental health, too.
Secondhand Smoke Linked to Mental Distress U.S. News & World Report
Daring to Discuss Women in Science
New York Times - - Jun 7, 2010
IN PROTEST Demonstrators in 2005 calling for the dismissal of Lawrence H. Summers as the president of Harvard. By JOHN TIERNEY The House of Representatives has passed what I like to think of as Larry's Law.
Bilderberg 2010: Why the protesters are your very best friends
The Guardian (blog) - Jun 4, 2010
Ivan was alone on the roundabout. He had been left in charge of the banners while everyone else ate breakfast. He slipped an empty bottle of red wine into a binliner and stretched.
The GOP in Rumorville: Does Obama Want to Lose Congress?
TIME (blog) - - 7 hours ago
The new conservative style of commentary is, apparently, to opine on implausible rumors. So we have this from the deathless Fred Barnes: In Washington these days, President Obama is rumored to be hoping Republicans capture the House of Representatives ...
Interracial marriages at an all-time high, study says
CNN - - Jun 7, 2010
Priya Merrill, 27, and husband Andrew Merrill, 30, married in August. They are part of a growing trend of interracial marriages. (CNN) -- The first time Priya Merrill, who is Indian, brought her white boyfriend home for ...
Saudi Clerics Advocate Adult Breast-Feeding
AOL News - Jun 4, 2010
(June 5) -- Women in Saudi Arabia should give their breast milk to male colleagues and acquaintances in order to avoid breaking strict Islamic law forbidding mixing between the sexes, two powerful Saudi clerics have said.