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AP – A top adviser to President Barack Obama says no new oil drilling will be authorized until authorities learn what caused the explosion of the rig Deepwater Horizon.

AP – Oil from a massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico was starting to ooze ashore, threatening migrating birds, nesting pelicans, river otters and mink along Louisiana’s fragile islands and barrier marshes.

AP – Stepping up the pressure on Goldman Sachs two days after its executives were grilled and publicly rebuked by lawmakers, the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of the Wall Street powerhouse over mortgage securities deals it arranged.

AP – The economy is rebounding as America’s shoppers snap back to life.

AP – Conservative Party leader David Cameron gained momentum Friday as a new poll declared him the winner of the final TV debate, a victory that comes less than a week before Britain’s national election.

AP – A farmer attacked kindergarten students with a hammer, injuring five, before burning himself to death Friday in China’s third such assault in as many days and prompting the government to demand stricter school security nationwide.

AP – Charlie Crist dubbed himself “The People’s Governor” as he brought a bipartisan spirit to Tallahassee.

AP – Hawaii is a step closer to joining a small group of other states in allowing same-sex civil unions.

AP – Swiss authorities say an attempt by Roman Polanski’s lawyers to unseal secret testimony by a Los Angeles prosecutor and submit it to them is irrelevant to their decision whether to extradite the filmmaker to the United States.

AP – Jason Richardson wanted to be the wild card in the playoffs for the Phoenix Suns.