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• BP deploys deepsea sensors to better measure spill (AP)
• AP ENTERPRISE: Spill relief well draws scrutiny (AP)
• Families of missing visit site of Ark. flash flood (AP)
• Calif. teen sailor thought rescue might take weeks (AP)
• Official: Oil spill hasn't reached Great Salt Lake (AP)
• FAA: 4 dead in crash of small plane in SW Ark. (AP)
• Bracketed by crimes: Van der Sloot's last 5 years (AP)
• Spirit Airlines cancels flights through Tuesday (AP)
• Michelle Obama speaks to Camp Pendleton troops (AP)
• Fire closes 2 interstates through Greensboro, NC (AP)
• Rigger faces trial in deadly NYC crane collapse (AP)
• Authorities raid Sizzler restaurants in Phoenix (AP)
• 17th century inn up for sale in Philly suburbs (AP)
• US teen dies in fall on SAfrica's Table Mountain (AP)
• In bold move, Colorado alters teacher tenure rules (AP)

BP deploys deepsea sensors to better measure spill (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:24 PM PDT AP - BP mounted a more aggressive response to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday as it deployed undersea sensors to better measure the ferocious flow of crude while drawing up new plans to meet a government demand that it speed up the containment effort ahead of President Barack Obama's visit to the coast.

AP ENTERPRISE: Spill relief well draws scrutiny (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:11 PM PDT AP - In the chaotic days after the oil rig explosion, BP engineers and federal regulators desperate to plug the blown-out well scrambled to complete plans for a pair of deepwater relief wells that represent the best chance to end the disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Families of missing visit site of Ark. flash flood (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:10 PM PDT AP - Anxious family members toured the campground Sunday where their loved ones were staying when they were swept away by a flash flood, allowed to see for themselves the steep terrain that made escaping the rising water in darkness so difficult.

Calif. teen sailor thought rescue might take weeks (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:37 PM PDT AP - The California teenager who was plucked from her disabled sailboat says she is in awe of the effort to rescue her and thought it might take much longer before she was saved.

Official: Oil spill hasn't reached Great Salt Lake (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:36 PM PDT AP - Emergency workers believe they have stopped a 21,000-gallon oil leak from reaching the environmentally sensitive Great Salt Lake, one of the West's most important inland water bodies for migratory birds that use it as a place to rest, eat and breed.

FAA: 4 dead in crash of small plane in SW Ark. (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:36 PM PDT AP - An official with the Federal Aviation Administration says four people are dead after a small airplane crashed in southwest Arkansas.

Bracketed by crimes: Van der Sloot's last 5 years (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 01:49 PM PDT AP - For all of his garrulous charm, Joran van der Sloot didn't do himself any favors in his online interactions, where his generation tends to reveal a lot about itself.

Spirit Airlines cancels flights through Tuesday (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 03:31 PM PDT AP - Spirit Airlines is canceling all of its flights through Tuesday, stranding thousands more passengers as a pilot's strike continues into its second day.

Michelle Obama speaks to Camp Pendleton troops (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:31 PM PDT AP - First lady Michelle Obama is challenging Americans to come up with ways to show support for U.S. troops and their families.

Fire closes 2 interstates through Greensboro, NC (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 05:57 AM PDT AP - Lightning struck a large gasoline tank early Sunday in North Carolina, igniting a blaze that closed sections of two interstate highways in both directions, authorities said.

Rigger faces trial in deadly NYC crane collapse (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 10:48 AM PDT AP - It was one of the nation's deadliest construction crane accidents: A 200-foot-tall rig crashed down on a dense city block, killing seven people, leaving a gash of destruction near the United Nations and raising questions about the safety of the steel spindles that build skyscrapers.

Authorities raid Sizzler restaurants in Phoenix (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:45 PM PDT AP - Sheriff's deputies raided two Sizzler steak house restaurants in Phoenix on Saturday, arresting nine employees who are suspected of being illegal immigrants and using fraudulent documents to get jobs.

17th century inn up for sale in Philly suburbs (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT AP - Local lore has it that Continental Army soldiers shot down the sign on the King George II Inn amid the Revolutionary War, prompting its owners to quickly change the name to the Fountain House.

US teen dies in fall on SAfrica's Table Mountain (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2010 04:59 AM PDT AP - A Texan teen fell to his death while hiking down Table Mountain, one of Cape Town's main tourist attractions, South African police said Sunday.

In bold move, Colorado alters teacher tenure rules (AP) Posted: 12 Jun 2010 07:58 PM PDT AP - Colorado is changing the rules for how teachers earn and keep the sweeping job protections known as tenure, linking student performance to job security despite outcry from teacher unions that have steadfastly defended the system for decades.

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