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Sunday, May 30, 2010

BP says it hasn't been 'cutting corners'

WASHINGTON, May 30 (UPI) -- A BP official said the company had not been "cutting corners" by using an oil well casing despite internal warnings it could fail at 5,000 feet underwater. Robert Dudley, BP's managing director, was responding to a report in The New York Times Sunday that showed BP... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Coleman's widow thanks fans for support

PROVO, Utah, May 29 (UPI) -- Shannon Price, U.S. actor Gary Coleman's widow, thanked fans for their support after her husband's death. "We are very grateful for all the wonderful support everyone has been extending to Gary's family," Price said in a statement read by her brother Shawn,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

Diff'rent Strokes' star Gary Coleman dies

SALT LAKE CITY, May 28 (UPI) -- Gary Coleman, known to American TV viewers as the precocious Arnold Jackson on "Diff'rent Strokes," died Friday of a brain hemorrhage, his publicist said. Coleman, 42, had been in a coma on life support in a Salt Lake City hospital, where he was admitted after falling... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

U.S. soccer team visits White House

WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama Thursday wished the U.S. World Cup soccer team good luck in the upcoming tournament in South Africa. Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton, greeted the team at the White House. "I just want to say how... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Sestak: WH offered job if he left race

WASHINGTON, May 23 (UPI) -- Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., repeated Sunday the White House had offered him a job if he would withdraw from the primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak, who defeated the five-term incumbent Specter to win the Democratic nomination in the Senate primary, was asked on... Sign in to see full entry.

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