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Jury begins weighing Blagojevich corruption case (AP)

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, and his wife Patti, right, arrive at the Federal Court for the beginning of jury instructions in his corruption trial, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, in Chicago. Blagojevich and his brother are accused of scheming to sell or trade President Obama's old Senate seat. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP – Rod Blagojevich’s fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obama’s former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain.


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Lindsay Lohan begins serving 90-day jail sentence

LiLo, LiLo, it’s off to jail she goes. Lindsay Lohan was sent packing to the pokey Tuesday – scared but ready to do her time, her lawyer said.

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BP chokes off the oil leak; now begins the wait (AP)

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 22:25 CDT, oil flows from one of three valves of the new 75-ton cap atop the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as testing continues Wednesday, July 14, 2010. BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and started trying to slowly choke off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday, in the hope of finally stopping the leak.(AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP – BP finally choked off the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday — 85 days and up to 184 million gallons after the crisis unfolded — then began a tense 48 hours of watching to see whether the capped-off well would hold or blow a new leak.


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BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak (AP)

In this image taken from video provided by BP PLC at 18:17 CDT, a new containment cap, top, is lowered over the broken wellhead at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Monday, July 12, 2010. Deep-sea robots swarmed around BP's ruptured oil well Monday in a delicately choreographed effort to attach the tighter-fitting cap that could finally stop crude from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico nearly three months into the crisis.  (AP Photo/BP PLC) NO SALESAP – BP allayed last-minute government fears of making the disaster worse and began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap Wednesday that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.


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Kagan to break silence as marathon vetting begins (AP)

U.S. Solicitor General and Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan smiles as she begins her day-long tour of Captiol Hill at the office of  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Capitol Hill in Washington May 12, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed/FilesAP – Elena Kagan will be making the argument of her life on Monday when she faces a Senate panel on her confirmation to the Supreme Court.


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BP begins ‘top kill’ method to try to plug gusher (AP)

An image from a  live video feed the oil plume is seen on the BP.com website early Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The oil company planned a 'top kill' designed to choke off the gusher of oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement early Wednesday May 26, 2010.  (AP Photo/BP.com)AP – BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a maneuver known as a “top kill” that has never before been tried 5,000 feet underwater.


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BP begins novel effort to try to stop Gulf oil (AP)

An image from a  live video feed the oil plume is seen on the BP.com website early Wednesday, May 26, 2010. The oil company planned a 'top kill' designed to choke off the gusher of oil at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement early Wednesday May 26, 2010.  (AP Photo/BP.com)AP – BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud and cement.


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