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Why Gabrielle Giffords shooting hasn't boosted gun control

By Mark Sappenfield | 01/18/11
The aftermath of the shooting of Rep.
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'Don't ask, don't tell': repeal thrown into doubt by Senate vote

By Mark Sappenfield | 12/10/10
Senate Republicans blocked what might have been a last-ditch effort to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" before next year, when any effort to repeal the law is expected to become substantially more difficult. President Obama called on Senators to keep
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Virgin Galactic glides closer to $200,000-a-seat space shots

By Mark Sappenfield | 10/11/10
The quest by Virgin Galactic to turn the world's first private manned spaceship into a multimillion dollar tourism industry took a crucial step forward above the high desert of California Sunday. For the first time, SpaceShipTwo - essentially, vers
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Randy Moss trade to Vikings: a last-ditch bid to revive Brett Favre

By Mark Sappenfield | 10/06/10
BOSTON — There is a story, often repeated in football circles, that during his last years as a Green Bay Packer, Brett Favre was desperate to have Randy Moss as a teammate.
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Why the well in Gulf oil spill is no longer a threat

By Mark Sappenfield | 08/05/10
After months of defying repeated attempts to subdue it, the well at the center of the Gulf oil spill capitulated quietly Wednesday morning, with BP’s “static kill” forcing the oil back into its underground lair.
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BP tests begin amid hope that Gulf oil spill is ending

By Mark Sappenfield | 07/15/10
Perhaps for the first time since the Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20, BP is on the verge of shutting off the source of the Gulf oil spill.
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How BP wants to start over in bid to contain Gulf oil spill

By Mark Sappenfield | 06/28/10
Tropical storm Alex comes just as the Coast Guard and BP are preparing to make the oil-collection system at the leaking well on the sea floor more hurricane-ready.
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Landon Donovan goal leads to record-setting US win in World Cup Group C

By Mark Sappenfield | 06/24/10
Koman Coulibaly, you are forgiven. In fact, it was better that you mysteriously disallowed a perfectly good - and potentially decisive - US goal in the Slovenia game.
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BP moves a step closer to containment of Gulf oil spill leak

By Mark Sappenfield | 06/21/10
BP’s public relations gaffes in the Gulf oil spill are continuing, with Chief Executive Tony Hayward attending a yacht race in England Saturday. But on the sea floor, the company is making important headway toward containing all the leaking oil.
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BP oil spill: With escrow plan, Obama races to claim BP's money

By Mark Sappenfield | 06/14/10
The Obama administration’s management of the BP oil spill cleanup now appears to be a race for money.