AP – Martin Laird suspected that four straight birdies early in the round and no bogeys had put him in the lead Saturday at The Barclays. When he finally glanced at a leaderboard, it gave him quite a jolt.

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AP – Now that the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history has effectively been stopped, the White House is considering an early end to its moratorium on deepwater drilling.

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AP – One of Matt Kuchar’s shots landed on a service road and another in a thick upslope of rough.

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AP – The United States has handed over the last detention facility under its control to Iraqi authorities.

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AP – The US government is expected to take over control of the central information website on the Gulf oil spill response that has been run jointly by various agencies and BP for the 2 1/2 months since the rig explosion.

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AP – Furious over Internet insults of the country’s beloved founder, Turkey has gone on the offensive against Google, tightening a ban on YouTube and cutting public access to a host of Google-owned sites.

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AP – Kyrgyzstan’s weak military attempted Wednesday to regain control of the city of Osh, a major transit point for Afghan heroin and the epicenter of ethnic violence that has driven much of the Uzbek population from the country’s poor, rural south.

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AP – Venezuela’s government said Monday it is taking over management of a private bank after discovering serious financial problems. The bank’s owner condemned the takeover as political retribution against him and the critical TV station he helped found.

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With oil spill, White House struggles to assert control of the unknown Washington Post Cleanup and containment efforts continue at the Gulf of Mexico site of the oil spill following the Deepwater Horizon explosion. By Karen Tumulty and Juliet Eilperin In a time of crisis, no resource is so precious, or so perishable, as credibility. … Relief wells are last hope to stop oil leakLos Angeles Times Barack Obama turns storyteller to stem political effect of Deepwater HorizonThe Guardian Cap Slows Gulf Oil Leak as Engineers Move CautiouslyNew York Times MiamiHerald.com -BusinessWeek -Voice of America all 16,300 news articles »

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