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20 April 2010: An oil rig rented and operated by BP in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, killing 11 workers. 21 April 2010: All 115 workers are evacuated from the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. 22 April 2010: The Deepwater Horizon collapses into the sea and sinks. 22 April 2010: President Obama delivers a speech on Wall Street to advocate more government intervention in the country's financial sector, but offers no reforms for Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which helped precipitate the 2008 meltdown. He also delivers a speech regarding the contributions of Earth Day to environmental awareness. Meanwhile, 200,000...

ROBERT, La. - The Unified Area Command for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to advance multiple subsea options to contain and ultimately stop the flow of oil from the MC 252 well in the Gulf of Mexico. Overnight the Riser Insertion Tube Tool was successfully tested and inserted into the leaking riser, capturing some amounts of oil and gas. The oil was stored on board the Discoverer Enterprise drill ship 5,000 feet above on the water's surface, and natural gas was burned through a flare system on board the ship. The test was halted temporarily when...

WEARE – A father attacked his daughter's boyfriend last week after learning the boy had sex with the underage girl, police said. It was about 1:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10, when the man stormed onto the grounds of John J. Stark High School and beat up the 17-year-old from Henniker. School was just letting out, and many students witnessed the attack, said Detective Lou Chatel. The boy suffered bruising and later received two stitches to his face. The father was charged with simple assault, a Class B felony. Police said the boy is dating the man's 15-year-old daughter. The man...

LATE last year, a 15-year-old boy rubbed a swab along the inside of his cheek, popped it into a vial and sent it off to an online genealogy DNA-testing service. But unlike most people who contact the service, he was not interested in sketching the far reaches of his family tree. His mother had conceived using donor sperm and he wanted to track down his genetic father.That the boy succeeded using only the DNA test, genealogical records and some internet searches has huge implications for the hundreds of thousands of people who were conceived using donor sperm. With the explosion...

Gov. Rick Perry vetoes $35 billion public education budget and calls lawmakers back for special session. Details to come... Just the headline, so far.

Good evening FRiends. I wanted to share some good news with all of you. At 0741 today, my son Matthew Reagan, first and middle name respectively, was delivered via c-section three weeks ahead of schedule. Matt weighed in at 8 lbs 14 ozs and was a 20 incher. Mom is doing pretty well but is a bit sore and tired. Ironically, we found out mom was pregnant the same day I signed up on FR. I'll be heading back to the hospital soon after I post this with supplies and this was the first opportunity today and most convenient way...

Folks, I just did the math and I believe I made it! So, DO NOT SEND IN ANY MORE MONEY!

Hello- I am a frequent lurker- this is my 1st post. My wife has manned the phone bank at the local republican headquarters- I was asked to help as well. I am a mostly silent partner in a telemarketing business- so I thought big. I offered (for free) our services to do a phone blast of "unattended messages", that is the recorded calls that politicians love to make. I received a list of 9,000 republicans from the local party chairmen. he enlisted our Lt. Governor to record a 30 second call- we ran it today- it took about 4 hours...

<p>Franklin Park police and the Cook County state's attorney's office are to meet this afternoon to decide if charges should be brought against a village resident who fatally shot and killed a neighbor who broke into his home Thursday night, authorities said.</p> <p>Police also are trying to determine if the resident had a firearm owner's identification card for the .45-caliber semi-automatic weapon he allegedly fired, fatally wounding Steven Langendorf, 24, of the 3000 block of North Gustav Street in the western suburb.</p>

As his back door was kicked in Monday afternoon, a South End homeowner - confined to his bed because of a disability - called 911 with one hand and grabbed his 9 mm Glock handgun with the other. Within seconds, a burglar was in the bedroom and inching closer. "He didn't stop coming toward me until he was looking down the barrel of a 9 mm," said the 64-year-old homeowner, who didn't want to be identified out of fear for his safety. The burglar, disguising his face with a handkerchief, backed off several steps and called out to someone else....

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