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- Government pays farmers to create habitats for birds whose grounds are threatened by oil
- Texas man convicted of beheading 3 children was ‘jovial’ after arrest, officer tells jury
- Federal biologists release hundreds of endangered baby sea turtles into Texas Gulf waters
- Federal biologists to release dozens of endangered baby sea turtles into Texas Gulf waters
- Feds to release baby turtles in Texas Gulf, figuring risks of captivity outweigh risks of oil
- Head of Texas panel reviewing deadly arson that led to execution says investigators didn’t err
- BP offering Gulf-area scientists lucrative contracts barring release of research for 3 years
- Gulf oil spill affects seafood restaurants nationwide; diners ask if their meal is safe
- Girl, 16, burned in fatal Alaska plane crash to return to Texas home for long recovery
- EPA takes new look at natural gas drilling, water issues key to nation’s energy future
- With Gulf’s underwater buffet closed by oil spill, fishing families turn to fast food, burgers
- With temporary cap in place keeping oil gusher at bay, Gulf Coast residents ask: Now what?
- Unprecedented car-bomb attack on police by Mexican drug cartel puts border town on edge
- BP says encouraged as first run of Gulf well cap nears 48 hours with no sign of any new leak
- 12 killed in shootout between soldiers, gunmen in Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo
- Mexican drug gang uses car bomb for 1st time in deadly attack on federal police in border city
- BP says no signs that capped Gulf well has started leaking below ground
- Does it work or not? BP tries to make sense of puzzling readings from busted well
- Feds: Test still on, but results from cap on Gulf well not as good as hoped
- Even with oil leak stopped, people who depend on Gulf fear their lives may never be the same
- Mayor of Mexican border city confirms gang used car bomb in attack on federal police
- BP is encouraged by early results from cap on Gulf well; no sign of underground leak
- Flight instructor, 2 brothers from India die in single-engine plane crash near Tolar, Texas
- BP exec: Unsure if new cap on well will go ahead after feds question risk of worse leak
- Setback: Feds order BP to halt cap work to answer whether project will worsen Gulf leak
- After days of progress, BP halts work on key relief projects in the Gulf of Mexico
- 2 brothers and another man die in a single-engine plane crash near Fort Worth
- Test results confirm 2 Texas beaches have tar balls from BP Gulf oil spill
- New, tighter BP cap set for gradual tests of how well it can hold gushing Gulf oil at well
- Ex-Cowboy player seeks damages for injuries suffered in collapse of team practice facility
- BP exec says latest containment effort may be 2-5 more days, no promises on when oil stops
- Some oil spill events from Saturday, July 10, 2010
- Rio Grande rises in Texas city that bears its name; some border bridges still closed upstream
- Coast Guard says new lab tests show most tar balls in Texas not from BP’s Gulf oil spill
- US-Mexico border communities prepare for floodwaters moving down Rio Grande
- Rio Grande bulges as new rain-packed storm hits soaked Texas-Mexico border, homes evacuated
- Authorities close 2 bridges on Texas-Mexico border, limit traffic on a 3rd as Rio Grande rises
- New storm dumps rain on swamped Texas-Mexico border, thousands already forced from homes
- New storm heads for swamped Texas-Mexico border, where thousands already forced from homes
- 2nd tropical depression of season forms in Atlantic; storm warnings for parts of Texas coast
- Soil, water samples gathered for study in case more Gulf oil spill crude hits Texas coast
- Mexico evacuates tens of thousands, Texans leave homes too, as flooding hits Rio Grande basin
- States hope roadside signs raise awareness about drunken driving, replace homemade memorials
- Texas governor forms group to improve technology, safety in energy industry after oil spill
- New containment vessel halfway linked to oil gusher; no time frame set for pumping to begin
- Thousands evacuated from northern Mexico town where authorities fear dam will overflow
- Oil’s creep brings sheen, tar balls to Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans
- Tar balls hit Texas beach; oil from blown-out ocean well washes up along all 5 Gulf states
- Mexican state of Coahuila hit by flooding, evacuates hundreds, closes bridge on Texas border
- BP oil gusher touches all Gulf states as officials say tar balls wash up on Texas beaches
- Texas official says first known tar balls from Gulf oil spill wash up on state beaches
- BP says it has backup plan if relief well doesn’t kill gusher, but ideas don’t equal guarantee
- Air ambulance crashes just after takeoff from remote West Texas airport, killing all 5 aboard
- Government will take over spill response information website; Move could happen in days
- US judge tries to streamline some oil spill lawsuits; panel to decide handling of others later
- Data shows BP has not reached maximum daily oil collection capacity with 2 containment devices
- Other seas for the fish: Gulf spill creates problems, but buyers look elsewhere
- Tropical storm Alex unleashes severe flooding in northern Mexico, killing at least 2 people
- Hurricane Alex drenches northern Mexico as it pushes inland; largely spares nearby Texas
- Alex, Atlantic’s 1st hurricane of season, pounds Mexico’s Gulf coast as Category 2 storm
- Forecasters: Hurricane Alex makes landfall in northeastern Mexico; winds about 105 mph.
- Alex, Atlantic’s 1st hurricane of season, nears Mexico, Texas coasts as Category 2 storm
- Alex, Atlantic’s 1st hurricane of season, rumbles toward Mexico, Texas coastlines
- With skimming vessels sidelined, Hurricane Alex pushes more oil on Gulf coast beaches
- Skimming, booming, other spill work idled by Gulf storms; relief well still being drilled
- Alex becomes Atlantic’s 1st hurricane of season as it rumbles toward Mexico, Texas coastlines
- Gulf storm strengthens to hurricane; Alex taking aim at Mexico-Texas border, far from spill
- As storms rattle across Gulf Coast region, crews aboard ships cleaning spill become spectators
- Facebook briefly disables ‘Boycott BP’ page; oil giant says it had nothing to do with decision
- Texas prepares emergency response as Alex gets stronger, expected to reach coast as hurricane
- Skimming operations halted off Gulf coast as Tropical Storm Alex churns up rough seas
- APNewsBreak: Trade group says BP to give cash to gas stations due to lost sales from boycotts
- Trade group: BP to give cash to distributors of its gasoline due to lost sales from boycotts
- Far-off hurricane could disrupt oil spill cleanup, even as waves, wind could help clear crude
- Strengthening Alex expected to become hurricane as it moves toward US-Mexico border area
- Hurricane warnings for Mexico, US Gulf coasts as Tropical Storm Alex gains strength
- Hurricane warnings issued for Mexico, US Gulf coasts as Tropical Storm Alex gains strength
- Good protein levels in Kansas winter wheat ease market fears about quality of harvest
- More of Texas coast put on notice with Tropical Storm watch as Alex approaches
- Hurricane watches for Mexico, US Gulf coasts, as Tropical Storm Alex gains strength
- BP says relief well that’s best hope of stopping Gulf oil is getting closer to blown-out well
- Texas, Mexico coasts get hurricane watches as Tropical Storm Alex gains strength over Gulf
- Governors of Texas, La. declare Sunday a day of prayer over Gulf of Mexico oil spill
- Some oil spill events from Thursday, June 24, 2010
- Dell sees revenue growth in line with analyst forecasts
- 62 brown pelicans rehabbed after Gulf of Mexico oil spill released at wildlife refuge in Texas
- Texas town mourns loss of 5, including coach and homebuilder, killed in NM plane crash
- Anadarko angrily points finger at BP on Gulf well explosion, oil spill; hints at legal action
- State police: Texas families in plane crash traveled with remains of crash victim’s mother
- Texans killed in New Mexico plane crash were traveling with remains of crash victim’s mother
- Officials say firefighters gaining ground on wildfire on Army firing range in New Mexico
- Authorities: 2 Texas couples, boy killed in southern NM plane crash; 2 brothers injured
- BP chief says he wasn’t in loop on oil rig decisions, drawing verbal onslaught from Congress
- ‘Shame on you’: BP chief pilloried by Congress; lawmakers seek oil spill answers, finding few
- BP exec accused of ’stonewalling,’ repeatedly criticized at congressional hearing on spill
