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• BP could face billions in oil-spill costs (AP)
• Calif. governor ends support for offshore drilling (AP)
• Attention shoppers: Gulf spill could affect you (AP)
• United-Continental looking to business travelers (AP)
• Gulf spill taints 'Mediterranean of the Americas' (AP)
• Judge: Militia members can leave jail until trial (AP)
• Detroit officer killed, 4 wounded in shooting (AP)
• Army captain who stole $690,000 gets 30 months (AP)
• Authorities: Woman stabs 4 in Calif. Target store (AP)
• Murder charge filed in killing of Minn. officer (AP)
• New Okla. anti-abortion law temporarily blocked (AP)
• Car shoppers take a wait-and-see approach in April (AP)
• Muslim TV survives founder's NY murder charges (AP)
• Mammograms before 40: Few cancers, many callbacks (AP)
• Study: Growth hormone can aid athletic performance (AP)
• Conn. man gets 10 years in fatal hit-and-run (AP)
• Condemned British woman in US loses appeal (AP)
• Oregon has lowest rate of childhood obesity (AP)

BP could face billions in oil-spill costs (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - The oil spill spreading across the Gulf of Mexico has drained $32 billion from BP's stock market value. Lawsuits, fines, cleanup and reputation-repair are certain to cost the company billions more and could tie up BP for many years to come.

Calif. governor ends support for offshore drilling (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 04:05 PM PDT AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday withdrew his support of a plan to expand oil drilling off the California coast, citing the massive oil spill that resulted from a drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Attention shoppers: Gulf spill could affect you (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 04:14 PM PDT AP - The calamitous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn't just a mess for the people who live or work on the coast. If you drink coffee, eat shrimp, like bananas or plan to buy a new set of tires, you could end up paying more because of the disaster.

United-Continental looking to business travelers (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:45 PM PDT AP - United and Continental Airlines are counting on more business travelers — not higher fares for vacationers — to make their $3 billion merger pay.

Gulf spill taints 'Mediterranean of the Americas' (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:09 PM PDT AP - The gigantic Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the latest blow to a unique marine environment already fragile after decades of human encroachment and natural upheavals — at a time of year when some of its most vulnerable species are nurturing their young.

Judge: Militia members can leave jail until trial (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 04:16 PM PDT AP - Nine members of a Michigan militia will be released from jail pending trial after a federal judge on Monday harshly criticized the government's claim they had conspired to overthrow the U.S. government.

Detroit officer killed, 4 wounded in shooting (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:41 PM PDT AP - A 25-year-old man with a history of tussling with police shot and killed one officer Monday in a gun battle at a suspected drug house that left four other officers wounded, authorities said.

Army captain who stole $690,000 gets 30 months (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - An Oregon man who stole nearly $700,000 from the U.S. government while serving as an Army captain in Iraq was sentenced to 30 months in prison Monday.

Authorities: Woman stabs 4 in Calif. Target store (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:39 PM PDT AP - A woman who stabbed and wounded four people in a busy Target store Monday afternoon was arrested when an off-duty sheriff's deputy pulled his gun and ordered the woman to the ground as screaming shoppers ran from the building, authorities said.

Murder charge filed in killing of Minn. officer (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:28 PM PDT AP - A slain Maplewood police officer didn't have time to unbuckle his seat belt before one of the two carjacking suspects he confronted shot him in the head. While on the run, the other suspect told a friend who gave him a ride, "We jacked that guy and we smoked that cop," authorities said Monday.

New Okla. anti-abortion law temporarily blocked (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:04 PM PDT AP - Oklahoma's attorney general agreed Monday to temporarily block enforcement of a controversial new state law that requires pregnant women to get an ultrasound and hear a detailed description of the fetus before they get an abortion.

Car shoppers take a wait-and-see approach in April (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:27 PM PDT AP - U.S. car shoppers took a wait-and-see approach in April. They eased up on purchases as the lure of big incentives faded and hoped summer would bring a new flurry of deals.

Muslim TV survives founder's NY murder charges (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:33 PM PDT AP - A year ago, the future of a television network that was formed to counter negative portrayals of Muslims after 9/11 was in doubt after its chief executive was charged with killing his wife, the company's general manager.

Mammograms before 40: Few cancers, many callbacks (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 01:10 PM PDT AP - As controversial as mammograms are for women in their 40s, some get them even younger — and new research casts doubt on their usefulness.

Study: Growth hormone can aid athletic performance (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 02:11 PM PDT AP - Researchers are reporting the first scientific evidence that a hormone banned in sports can boost athletic performance.

Conn. man gets 10 years in fatal hit-and-run (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 03:15 PM PDT AP - A Connecticut man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for a hit-and-run accident that sparked outrage because video showed bystanders ignoring the 78-year-old victim.

Condemned British woman in US loses appeal (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 02:56 PM PDT AP - A 51-year-old British grandmother convicted of murdering a 20-year-old woman and kidnapping her newborn son will soon get a date with the executioner, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her last appeal on Monday by declining to review her case.

Oregon has lowest rate of childhood obesity (AP) Posted: 03 May 2010 01:24 PM PDT AP - What's the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It's a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are failing — by a mile — to meet federal goals for childhood obesity.

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