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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill, the Coast Guard said. "The boats and the aircraft on scene cannot see a sheen," U.S. Coast ...

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Hurricane Earl closes in on East Coast
September 2nd, 2010, 5:27 pm
HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous surf and winds on Thursday as it spun parallel to the U.S. East Coast on a northward trek toward New England and Canada. Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 storm on the ...

BP removes cap from Gulf well
September 2nd, 2010, 2:58 pm
HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said it removed a cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the first of several steps in advance of plugging the leak for good. Spokeswoman Jessie Baker said underwater robots removed the cap as planned.

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WASHINGTON/PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into allegations he and his police force discriminate against Hispanics in his program to crack down on illegal immigrants. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...

EPA to issue more rules in climate fight
September 2nd, 2010, 3:17 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will roll out more regulations on greenhouse gases and other pollution to help fight climate change, but they will not be as strong as action by Congress, a senior administration official said. The agency "has a huge role to play ...

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Harvard students enrolled in Warren's contracts class were informed that a different professor will be teaching the class instead, according to a report in The Washington Post, which obtained a copy of an email to the students. "Professor Warren regrets that she will not be able to teach you ...

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Workers see higher health costs, less care
September 2nd, 2010, 9:21 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Companies are cutting healthcare costs further amid a continuing sour economy, scaling back benefits and shifting a greater share of the expense to employees. The findings, published on Thursday, come as the congressional campaign heats up over the nation's stagnant economic ...

Police reopen New York's Park Avenue
September 2nd, 2010, 2:25 pm
The bomb squad had been called to investigate a black Mercedes Benz and 10 blocks of Park Avenue were briefly closed to traffic and pedestrians, a police spokeswoman said. "It's nothing," she said. It was unknown why the vehicle was considered suspicious.

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The Federal Communications Commission has been prodding phone, cable and Internet companies for months to find consensus on the thorny issue of net neutrality -- a debate over whether high-speed Internet providers should be allowed to give preferential treatment to content providers who pay for ...

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SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Police shot and killed a man who took three people hostage, waving a gun and apparently fitted out with explosives, in the headquarters of the Discovery Channel near Washington Wednesday. Officers who had been watching the hostage drama on a building security ...

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS & VIDEOS
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T.I. whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., 29, was ......
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The show, which earned wide acclaim in London's West End, ......
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VENICE (Reuters) - Critics are queuing up to praise ......
SPORTS NEWS
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A year ago, Kim Clijsters was the mom ......
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There will also be no love lost when the Argentines clash ......
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roger Federer sent a warning shot to ......
FINANCE NEWS & VIDEOS
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Obama said on Monday he and his advisers are discussing ......
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Harvard students enrolled in Warren's contracts class were ......
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Burger King Holdings Inc agreed to ......