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Ala. city prepared to launch oil skimmers

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Orange Beach officials are putting the finishing touches on a plan to deploy a fleet of small skimming vessels to ... Read more

by Associated Press, Monday, July 5, 2010 10:50 pm

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Officials say BP spill now hitting all Gulf states

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) — Tar balls from the Gulf oil spill found on a Texas beach were the first evidence that gushing crude from ... Read more

by Associated Press, Monday, July 5, 2010 12:00 am

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16 protesters arrested in bingo raid

EUTAW, Ala. (AP) — The governor’s bid to shut down electronic bingo in Alabama set off a night-long standoff at a rural casino and the ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 am

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Alex damages new oil barrier at Perdido Pass

ORANGE BEACH (AP) — Six-foot waves from Hurricane Alex have damaged a new, $4.6 million system meant to prevent oil from flowing into Perdido Bay. ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 am

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BP disaster may be Gulf’s worst

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 am

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AZ to release immigration training plan

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials plan to release a training program Thursday designed to teach police officers to enforce a tough new crackdown on illegal ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 am

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Supreme Court sets 2 execution dates

MONTGOMERY (AP) — The Alabama Supreme Court has set execution dates for two inmates, including a mentally impaired man convicted in the 1993 killing of ... Read more

by Associated Press, Friday, July 2, 2010 12:00 am

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Cleanup ships idled as storms rattle Gulf region

GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) — The crashing waves and gusting winds churned up by Tropical Storm Alex put the Gulf oil spill largely in Mother ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:00 am

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Kagan insists she didn’t block military at Harvard

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan maneuvered carefully through tough Republican questioning on military recruitment at Harvard Law School, gun owners’ rights and ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:00 am

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Govenor’s task force seizes Greenetrack bingo machines

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The governor’s gambling task force seized more than 800 electronic bingo machines at the Greenetrack casino Tuesday after an Alabama Supreme ... Read more

by Associated Press, Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:00 am

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