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Analysts: BP report supports case, buoys investors (AP)
September 8, 2010
AP - BP has for months asserted that it wasn't solely to blame for the Gulf oil spill. On Wednesday, a company report on the causes of the disaster supported its case, analysts said.
BP blames contractors for U.S. oil spill (Reuters)
September 8, 2010
Reuters - A BP Plc investigation of the Gulf of Mexico disaster played down the company's role in the world's worst offshore oil spill, seeking to share the blame with its contractors.
Two asteroids to pass close to Earth, but won't hit: NASA (AFP)
September 8, 2010
AFP - Two asteroids were set to pass close to Earth on Wednesday but posed no risk, the US space agency NASA said.
Immune System Genes Show Links to Type 1 Diabetes (HealthDay)
September 8, 2010HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The exact cause of type 1 diabetes is still unknown, but international researchers have found a link between the blood sugar disorder and a network of immune system genes.
PETA says video shows cat, dog abuse at NC lab (AP)
September 8, 2010AP - An animal-welfare group believes workers at a North Carolina research lab abused dogs, cats and rabbits, and the activists released what they said was undercover video of caretakers handling the animals violently.
Quasimodo dino leaves experts grappling for a hunch (AFP)
September 8, 2010
AFP - Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner of flesh-eating leviathans which once ruled the planet.
BP report blames itself, others for oil spill (AP)
September 8, 2010
AP - In an internal report released Wednesday, BP blames itself, other companies' workers and a complex series of failures for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the drilling rig explosion that preceded it.
Space Shuttle Move Delayed By Broken Water Pipe (SPACE.com)
September 8, 2010SPACE.com - NASA's plan to move the space shuttle Discovery out of its hangar in preparation for its final voyage has been delayed at least a day because of a water main break at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
BP takes share of blame for Gulf of Mexico oil spill (AFP)
September 8, 2010
AFP - A string of failures by BP and other companies led to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, the British energy giant concluded Wednesday as it sought to head off possible multi-billion-dollar US lawsuits.
Tropical Storm Igor forms over eastern Atlantic (Reuters)
September 8, 2010Reuters - Tropical Storm Igor formed over the far eastern Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane within the next few days.
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