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Obama facing backlash for oil moratorium
(CNN) – The president's six month moratorium on deep water drilling has some Gulf Coast residents concerned. Plenty of business owners along the shore, and politicians in Washington, say the longer the oil rigs are shut down, the more families depending on the industry for a paycheck will suffer. Our Chris Lawrence breaks down the debate.
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BP working, but cannot guarantee outcome, CEO says
(CNN) – Eight weeks after an explosion uncorked a massive oil spill into the Gulf, BP does not know whether its efforts to stanch the flow will soon succeed, its CEO plans to testify Thursday.
"We cannot guarantee the outcome of these operations, but we are working around the clock with the best experts from government and industry," Tony Hayward says in prepared testimony to be delivered before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
"The explosion and fire aboard the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico never should have happened - and I am deeply sorry that they did," he says in his prepared remarks.
"None of us yet knows why it happened. But whatever the cause, we at BP will do what we can to make certain that an incident like this does not happen again." Read more
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Can vitamins cut lung cancer risk?
(CNN) – Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer out there, but could a few changes to your diet cut your risk, even if you're a smoker? Our chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta joined us on Wednesday's American Morning for more information.
Obama, BP set for Gulf oil showdown
(CNN) – President Obama will come face-to-face with the bosses at BP today for the first time since this disaster started – 58 days ago. The president's senior adviser, David Axelrod, joined us on Wednesday's American Morning to talk about what we can expect from the meeting.
Read more: BP bosses at White House for oil disaster showdown
Israel could ease Gaza blockade within days, Blair says
(CNN) – A deal to ease the Israeli blockade of Gaza could be in place "pretty quickly," Middle East envoy Tony Blair told CNN Wednesday.
Israel currently maintains a list of items allowed into the Palestinian territory, but would switch to a system where "stuff can go in as a matter of course unless it is on a prohibited list," the former British prime minister said.
"That would allow us to get a lot more of the ordinary stuff " needed for daily life into Gaza, while still protecting Israel's security, he said. "If we can do that over the next couple of days or so, that will be a significant step forward."
Israel has maintained tight controls on what can go into Gaza since Hamas took over in 2007, saying it must keep weapons out of the hands of the militant movement.
It sparked international outrage when Israeli commandos raided a Turkish ship trying to break the blockade May 31, killing nine people.
Israel says its soldiers were attacked when they boarded the ship, the Mavi Marmara.
Israel has resisted calls for an international investigation into the incident, from the United Nations among others, and set up a probe of its own led by a retired Israeli judge.
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