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After insisting for months that a pair of relief wells were the only surefire way to kill the oil leak at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, BP officials say they may be able to do it just with the 'static kill' procedure. Gulf of Mexico - Oil gusher - Oil well - Business - Energy
Three U.S. service members were killed in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war. Afghanistan - United States armed forces - War in Afghanistan - Asia - Taliban
Some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records posted online amount to a blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of civilian killings. War in Afghanistan - United States armed forces - Afghanistan - Military - United States
A newly formed tropical depression racing toward the Gulf increased pressure on BP and the U.S. government to decide whether to evacuate hundreds of crew and dozens of ships at the spill site. BP - Mexico - Federal government of the United States - Gulf of Mexico - United States
Scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane leak near BP's busted oil well, a federal official said Sunday. Gulf of Mexico - BP - Business - Recreation - United States
Advocates of tougher immigration enforcement condemned a list of alleged illegal immigrants to Utah state agencies and news organizations. Utah - Immigration - Illegal immigration - United States - Social Security number
Beleaguered oil giant BP is in talks to sell $12 billion of assets, including a prized Alaskan oil field, says Sunday Times of London. Alaska - Oil field - BP - Energy - Business
More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. Gulf of Mexico - Oil well - Energy - Business - Oil and Gas
More than 200 people were killed and 100 injured when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded in the Democratic Republic of Congo late Friday. Democratic Republic of Congo - Africa - Congo Republic - Oil tanker - Business and Economy
Elena Kagan is following the path of every recent Supreme Court nominee in pledging "a fair shake for every American" who comes before the court and stressing her ordinary roots. Elena Kagan - United States - Supreme Court of the United States - Supreme Court - Government
The financial services industry must now navigate a series of tough new regulations. But it remains to be seen just what's in the final rules - and how bankers respond. Financial services - Wall Street - United States - Business - Banking Services
Calling himself a Muslim soldier, a defiant Pakistan-born U.S. citizen pleads guilty  to carrying out the failed Times Square car bombing. Time Square - New York City - Car bomb - New York - United States
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