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Total sees tougher rules as storm spreads Gulf slick (Reuters)

Reuters - The head of oil major Total warned of tougher safety rules that could push up crude prices as the first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season compounded the impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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Storm threat to oil spill efforts (Reuters)

Reuters - The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was on track on Saturday to reach the Gulf of Mexico within days, a potential threat to containment and cleanup of the worst ever U.S.

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Hoyer: East Coast officials need oil spill summit (AP)

AP - House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer is urging the White House to hold a summit with East Coast governors and local officials to ensure they are prepared if oil from the Gulf spill makes its way up the Atlantic coastline.

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NJ woman charged in NY in $45M real estate swindle (AP)

AP - A New Jersey woman swindled $45 million from real estate investors in a Ponzi scheme and blew some of their money on extravagant excursions to Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos, prosecutors said Wednesday.

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Pa. official warns of consequences to gas industry (AP)

AP - Serious consequences await the state’s rapidly growing natural gas industry if companies are caught cutting corners of safety measures to pump up profits, Pennsylvania’s top environmental regulator warned Wednesday.

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Obama, Britain’s Cameron to talk about oil spill (AP)

AP - The Gulf oil spill, with a British company the villain, is raising tensions on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Computer models show Gulf oil reaching East Coast (AP)

AP - Computer models show oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico could wind up on the East Coast and even get carried on currents across the Atlantic Ocean toward Europe.

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Hovnanian CEO: Jury still out on tax credit impact (AP)

AP - The CEO of Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. said Thursday a final push by homebuyers in April to qualify for a government tax credit didn’t give the homebuilder’s sales as big a boost as he’d hoped.

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Significant fuel savings possible for cars, SUVs (AP)

AP - A prestigious research panel has concluded that technology already widely available could significantly cut fuel consumption by cars and light trucks without sacrificing safety or performance.

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APNewsBreak: Feds approve new Gulf oil well off La (AP)

AP - Federal regulators have approved the first new Gulf of Mexico oil well since President Barack Obama lifted a brief ban on drilling in shallow water.

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