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Study: Oil from spill has not become a drifting cloud of death

The Miami Herald, 8 Sep 2010, 1:18 am EDT

Sept. 08--Millions of barrels of crude spewed by BP's blown-out well have reduced deep-sea oxygen levels -- but nowhere near enough to create another of the "dead zones" that periodically plague the Gulf of Mexico, a federal study said Tuesday.

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Obama set against Bush tax cuts

The Washington Post, 8 Sep 2010, 2:27 am EDT

President Obama will argue personally Wednesday against extending the Bush-era income tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest families even for a year or two, White House officials said Tuesday - a message aimed at wavering Democrats who have been swayed by arguments that the economy is too weak to raise anyone's taxes.

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Feds find no dead zones caused by BP's oil spill

Houston Chronicle, 8 Sep 2010, 2:33 am EDT

Sept. 08--Bacteria feeding on oil leaked from BP's ill-fated well have not sapped oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico, a new federal study concluded Tuesday.

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