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House approves bill on drilling, oil spills (AP)

AP – The House approved a bill Friday to boost safety standards for offshore drilling, remove a federal cap on economic liability for oil spills and impose new fees on oil and gas production.

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House approves oil spill reform bill (Reuters)

Reuters – The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response to BP’s massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

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House approves oil spill legislation (AP)

AP – The House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a $75 million cap on economic liability for oil spills.

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House votes to end offshore drilling moratorium (Reuters)

Reuters – The House of Representatives on Friday voted to end the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling for oil companies that meet new federal safety requirements.

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New BP boss vows to stay the course in Gulf clean-up (AFP)

AFP – Incoming BP boss Bob Dudley vowed Friday that the firm would stand by Gulf residents for years to come, as it prepared to scale back oil spill clean-up efforts and move to a new phase.

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U.S. nuclear front-runners begin to slow spending (Reuters)

Reuters – Two companies leading the U.S. nuclear power revival may curb spending on the next generation of reactors due to delays in federal loan support, officials said.

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Oil threat recedes for East Coast, much of Florida (Reuters)

Reuters – South Florida, the Florida Keys and the East Coast will likely be spared from any contamination from the ruptured BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. government scientists said on Friday.

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Time to scrap BP brand? Gas-station owners divided (AP)

AP – BP gas station owners across the country are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand U.S. outlets as Amoco or another name as part of efforts to repair the company’s badly damaged reputation.

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Mabus to hold town-hall meetings on Gulf’s future (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, President Barack Obama’s point man on long-term restoration of the Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, heads back to the Gulf next week for town hall meetings in all five states — two a day in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and one in Texas.

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Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act (McClatchy Newspapers)

McClatchy Newspapers – WASHINGTON — As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation’s capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?

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