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Documents: BP cut corners in days before blowout (AP)
AP – BP made a series of money-saving shortcuts and blunders that dramatically increased the danger of a destructive oil spill in a well that an engineer ominously described as a “nightmare” just six days before the blowout, according to documents released Monday that provide new insight into the causes of the disaster.
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NC congressman apologizes for behavior on video (AP)
AP – A Democratic congressman apologized Monday after video posted online showed him swatting at a video camera and demanding that two men taping him identify themselves.
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Ark. police ‘confident’ 20th flood victim is last (AP)
AP – State police say they’re “quite confident” the body of a young girl found Monday is the last one they were looking for after a flash flood swept through an Arkansas campground.
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Killer of Calif. girl found in suitcase gets life (AP)
AP – A Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a neighbor girl in Northern California made a tearful apology to the victim’s family Monday as she was sentenced to prison for the rest of her life.
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Supply shortages slowing Gulf oil spill cleanup (AP)
AP – As countless tar balls washed ashore on a beach along Alabama’s Gulf Coast, cleanup workers sat and watched because they didn’t have the proper plastic covers to protect their shoes. Elsewhere, a crew using shovels and garden rakes worked for hours on a long stretch of sand that a machine could have cleaned [...]
BP plans to replace containment cap next month (AP)
AP – As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from the spewing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC said Monday that it plans next month to replace the cap collecting the crude with a slightly bigger device.
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BP plans to replace containment cap next month (AP)
AP – As officials reported a gradual increase in the amount of oil being captured from the spewing wellhead at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP PLC said Monday that it plans next month to replace the cap collecting the crude with a slightly bigger device.
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Ohio tornado survivors finding hope amid rubble (AP)
AP – Nathaniel Lender scampered in flip-flops across a plywood floor that was the only part of his house not ripped away by a tornado.
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Walgreen ending CVS Caremark network relationship (AP)
AP – Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. said Monday it will end its relationship with competitor CVS Caremark’s pharmacy benefits management business because of complaints about prices and policies designed to drive customers toward CVS stores.
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