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Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that has the companies involved in the nation’s largest oil spill pointing fingers at each other again. As the new Congress convenes, Democrats may feel like Big Ten football players or hockey’s Pittsburgh Penguins did after teams from Texas Christian University to the Washington Capitals put them on the defensive last weekend and hammered them into submission. It is hard for me to believe, but over three years ago i watched Rich Rodriguez step up to the podium and profess his love for the University of Michigan at the Junge Family Champions Center in Ann Arbor. Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have detained a 55-year-old American woman on spying charges, local media reported Thursday. The Pentagon is sending 1,400 more Marine combat forces to Afghanistan. An angry online posting from the 17-year-old boy who opened fire at a Nebraska high school, fatally wounding an assistant principal before later killing himself, offers some clues about why the son of a police detective turned violent a couple of months after transferring there. Jerusalem – a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks on Thursday quoted American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption.

Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that has the companies involved in the nation’s largest oil spill pointing fingers at each other again. Democrats are accusing newly empowered House Republicans of exempting more than $1 trillion in proposed tax cuts and higher spending over the next 10 years from a promise to cut federal deficits. It is hard for me to believe, but over three years ago i watched Rich Rodriguez step up to the podium and profess his love for the University of Michigan at the Junge Family Champions Center in Ann Arbor. Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have detained a 55-year-old American woman on spying charges, local media reported Thursday. Washington—the Pentagon is sending 1,400 more Marine combat forces to Afghanistan. An angry online posting from the 17-year-old boy who opened fire at a Nebraska high school, fatally wounding an assistant principal before later killing himself, offers some clues about why the son of a police detective turned violent a couple of months after transferring there. Los angeles (ap) — The career paramedic dashed into Michael Jackson’s bedroom, looked around and listened to a doctor’s explanation for why the singer was ostensibly lifeless and came to the conclusion that things didn’t add up.