Concerns Before Explosion [News Bits]
- Many of the workers on the Deepwater Horizon had expressed safety concerns in the weeks before the explosion.
- On the troubled relationship between Gulf fishermen and oil companies.
- Hundreds of dead penguins wash up on Brazil's beaches.
- Oil spill in China spreading.
- Howard Kurtz on the media's role in Shirley Sherrod's firing from USDA.
- Local real estate agent in trouble with Attorney General's office after duping Spanish-speaking clients out of thousands of dollars.
- Artist talks about meeting with Harvey Pekar the day before he was found dead.
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