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BP says multiple failures led to oil rig blowout
"Multiple companies and work teams" contributed to the explosion aboard a Gulf oil rig that unleashed the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP's internal investigation finds.
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Asteroid buzzes Earth; another coming
A small asteroid passed within the moon's distance from the Earth on Wednesday morning, and another will do likewise later in the day, space watchers say.
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Iran: Woman's stoning sentence on hold
Iran has put the stoning sentence of a woman convicted of adultery and murder "on hold,"Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told state-run Press TV on Wednesday.
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Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has condemned the planned burning of Qurans on the anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States as criticism mounts from Muslims around the world.
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Obama in Ohio to push economy plan
As President Obama heads to Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday to roll out a set of comprehensive proposals aimed at fixing the ailing U.S. economy, top aides are knocking down suggestions that politics and the midterms are driving this effort.
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Officials: Bodies may be Mexican cops
Officials in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas have found two bodies that may be those of two men investigating the massacre of 72 migrants in the state.
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Feds: Threat on plane bound for LA
Authorities have begun an investigation after a threatening message was found scrawled on the lavatory mirror of a Thai Airways plane, the Transportation Security Administration said.
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Vet who threatened Obama due in court
A former soldier arrested after a hostage incident at a Georgia military base is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
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UN says it knew of mass rapes earlier
The United Nations on Tuesday acknowledged that it first learned of a report of rape in rebel-held territory of the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on July 30, nearly two weeks earlier than it had previously said.
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Thousands evacuate as Colo. fire grows
A 7,100-acre wildfire burned out of control west of Boulder, Colorado, Wednesday, threatening hundreds of homes, forcing the evacuation of thousands and pressing additional fire crews into action, authorities said.
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