12:15pm: Spill Now Bigger Than Exxon Valdez

Obama Fires Official In Wake Of Gulf Oil Spill
Democratic sources say the Obama administration has fired the head of the U.S. Minerals Management Service in response to blistering criticism over lax oversight of offshore drilling.

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Bill would protect kids
Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop is proposing a private member’s bill that would make exposing youth to illegal drug production a form of child abuse. The bill would give police and child protection workers another tool to protect children growing up where such illegal drugs as marijuana and […]

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12:15pm: Spill now bigger than Exxon Valdez
COVINGTON, La. (AP) – The Gulf oil spill has surpassed the Exxon Valdez as the worst in U.S. history, according to new estimates released Thursday, but the Coast Guard and BP said an untested procedure to stop it seemed to be workin.

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