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Lawsuits, Primaries & Your Tax Dollars at Work [News Bits]
- BP's plan B (or is it C?) working so far to capture some of the leaking oil.
- At least 88 lawsuits filed so far related to the BP oil spill.
- PA Democratic primary not smooth sailing for Arlen Specter.
- NRA wants to "Trigger the Vote."
- In the past two years, Perry has spent almost $600,000 of public funds to rent his temporary home.
- New species discovered in Indonesian New Guinea.
- Vulture on the 2010 fall season pickups: "It's kind of like the space-time continuum collapsed, and Friends was last season's big hit."
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