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Officials: South Florida, East Coast likely won't see oil from leakFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:06PMFederal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the crude never reached the powerful loop current.

Ponds and lakes aplenty in the Ocean StateFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:06PMFor thousands of summer tourists in Rhode Island, taking a cooling dip means hitting one of the state’s ocean beaches. But consider the salt-free alternative: The state is home to more than 200 inland ponds and lakes of varying sizes, from the 13-acre Peck’s Pond in Glocester to the popular 1,000-acre Watchaug Pond in Charlestown. Rhode Island - United States - Lake - Watchaug Pond - Pond

NOAA: South Florida, East Coast likely won't see oil; northern Gulf shores spared more impactFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:05PMFederal officials predicted Friday that most Gulf Coast beaches have seen their last major oiling from the BP spill, and South Florida and the East Coast should be spared any impact because the ...

Incoming BP CEO: Time for 'scaleback' in cleanupFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:04PMBP's incoming CEO was in Biloxi, Miss. Friday to outline his company's long-term efforts to help the gulf.

Pests be gone!Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:01PMFriday, July 30, 2010 Today Learn how to deal with insects, weeds and diseases that can do damage to a vegetable garden, plus when to harvest vegetables for optimum flavor. 9-11 a.m. $15. Pinellas County Extension Service, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. (727) 582-2100; pinellascountyextension.org. Today Grunge Photography on Exhibit: Jim Lucadam's High Dynamic Range "grunge" photography is ...

Greece turns to military to restore fuel suppliesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 1:00PMGreece said Friday it will use military trucks, navy vessels and commandeered fuel tankers to restore gasoline supplies cut by a strike that has hurt the country's industry and vital tourism trade at the height of vacation season.

BP hiring former FEMA head for Gulf recoveryFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:59PMBILOXI, Miss. (AP) — BP announced Friday that it is hiring a former Clinton-era emergency management official and his consulting firm to help with the recovery from the massive Gulf oil spill.

Gulf leak may be stopped, but experts still identifying unknowns, working to minimize toxic health effects, UAB ...Friday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:58PMWhile oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, experts are far from finished working to anticipate, outline and minimize the disaster’s potential health risks, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health researcher actively involved in helping the federal government deal with repercussions from the April 20 accident.

South bakes, humidity feels like 100-plus degreesFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:58PMCHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South is roasting under temperatures and humidity that make beaches feel more like a bakehouse, and heat advisories were posted from the Atlantic to the Great Plains.