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Key step to kill Gulf gusher may happen sooner (AP)

AP - A procedure intended to ease the job of plugging the blownout Gulf well for good could start as early as the weekend, the government’s point man for the spill response said Thursday.

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Obama: We’ll get back money from auto bailout (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama says the government will recover all the taxpayer money his administration used to bail out the auto industry last year.

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No WH reax on report that BP going with new CEO (AP)

AP - The White House says whether BP replaces its CEO is up to BP, but says the company can’t change its responsibility to plug its oil well, clean up the damage in the Gulf of Mexico and compensate those who’ve suffered as a result.

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Tony Hayward leaving as BP CEO, US official says (AP)

AP - BP’s Tony Hayward, whose gaffes added insult to oil-spill injury for the Gulf Coast, is on his way out as CEO, a U.S. government official said Sunday. Many residents found small comfort in that as BP’s biggest mistake under Hayward continued to foul their waters, their beaches and their way of life

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Obama praises Wall Street reforms (AFP)

AFP - US President Barack Obama Saturday praised a Wall Street reform law enacted this week and rejected a Republican plan to jump-start the economy, saying it will take the country backward.

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BP to start drilling off Libya (AFP)

AFP - BP will start drilling off the Libyan coast within a few weeks, the Financial Times reported Saturday, amid a row over the oil giant’s connections to the north African state.

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Seven banks fail EU health check, most cleared (AFP)

AFP - Seven of 91 European banks have failed crisis “stress tests,” prompting regulators to declare the sector sound overall and winning a thumbs up from the IMF and Washington.

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Obama praises wins, says businesses need help (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama on Friday proclaimed a week of “enormous progress” in fixing economic problems and cracking down on Wall Street, prodding the Senate to do even more by passing tax credits for small businesses.

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Obama pledges to up AIDS fight despite tough times (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama pledged on Friday to redouble efforts to fight HIV and AIDS through his global health initiative, despite dealing with economic hard times in the wake of a global recession.

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Fed workers to be urged to commute, travel less (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama wants federal workers to cut down on business travel and commuting by car as he seeks to reduce heat-trapping emissions produced by the federal government.

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