Calmer waters ease Gulf oil spill cleanup progress
In Mobile BP and Coast Guard crews report calmer seas aiding containment work. Forecasts show no shoreline oil for at least three days as containment booms are repaired and burn-off attempts may resume. BP aims to cap the main leak with a dome on the seabed by Thursday.
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TV producer sentenced in Letterman blackmail plot
Robert Halderman received a six month jail term and 1000 hours of community service after pleading guilty to attempted grand larceny in a plot to extort $2 million from David Letterman. The case drew Letterman into the spotlight as he publicly discussed the affair and blackmail scheme.
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Joe” Halderman
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NTSB Seeks Bird-Resistant Planes After Hudson River Landing
The NTSB released more than two dozen safety recommendations after the US Airways Flight 1549 ditching in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009. It urged bird-resistant engines and life vests plus rafts on all passenger aircraft, noting Sullenberger made a split-second decision to land in the river with 155 on board.
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Obama interviews Chicago judge for Supreme Court
President Barack Obama interviewed federal Judge Diane Wood of Chicago for a Supreme Court opening. Wood is the fourth known candidate to have had face to face talks with the president. The discussions occurred in the Oval Office with Biden also interviewing separately.
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