US overhauls agency in charge of offshore drilling

The US agency that regulates offshore drilling was broken up into three separate agencies Wednesday as part of a move to end cozy industry relationships exposed by the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, officials said.

The shake-up came a day after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told lawmakers the Minerals Management Service, which issued lucrative...

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http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0519/overhauls-agency-charge-offshore-drilling/

Arizona Rewrites Immigration Law to Prevent Racial Profiling

Arizona lawmakers have approved several changes to the recently passed sweeping law targeting illegal immigration.

One change to the bill strengthens restrictions against using race or ethnicity as the basis for questioning and inserts those same restrictions in other parts of the law.

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http://www.abc15.com/s/qNpxW7Jonkm9shejhnkiSQ.cspx