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AP EXCLUSIVE: Salazar keeps oil drill ban, for now
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 AP - The helicopter passes over the blue waters of the Gulf of Mexico mdash; with surprisingly little oil visible on its surface mdash; when out of the sea rises a skyscraper-like structure nearly 350 feet above the waves. The $600 million rig, nearly 100 miles off Louisiana's coast, has a hull larger than a football field and can drill more than 5 miles beneath the ocean floor.
Rangel using 3-way defense against ethics charges
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 AP - To rebut a lengthy list of alleged ethical misdeeds, Rep. Charles Rangel is trotting out this three-way defense: I didn't do it. I did it, but was inattentive. Others lawmakers were allowed to do the same thing without penalty.
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