U.S. official: Flow of oil from spill has stopped

Today the news it good! It seems that finally the oil spill has been contained and stopped. However, BP officials still want to be careful for the next 48 hours to make sure that the kill procedure was a success. Then if the kill procedure is deemed a success BP will then have the well filled with cement. So far the costs are at $930 million for the response to the spill. Meanwhile, Obama is back at the Gulf meeting with officials and looking at possible damages from the spill.

I'm glad to hear that the oil spill is finally under control, well hopefully. All I can say is that BP better be paying for all the costs and from all the damages that this spill has caused. I think that governments need to look into oil companies worse-cases scenarios a bit more so that this doesn't happen again.

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Kagan to be Supreme Court nominee, sources say

Today at 10 am President Obama is expected to nominate Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan is currently the solicitor general. Last year though she was a finalist to be nominated for justice as well. However, Sonia Sotomayer just nominated instead. If Kagan is nominated and made Justice she the third women presently on the bench and will only be the fourth women in the history of the court. However, Kagan only has practiced two years in private law and has no judicial experience. Yet again she is know for being able to smoothly work through problems and respected by many people in Washington.

I think it would be nice to have another woman in the Supreme Court. It seems that she is liked by many people. My only concern is that she doesn't have much experience. However, I think that if nominated she will easily be able to pick up the necessary traits. I do think that Kagan is likely the person that Obama will nominate because the media normally has a good grasp of what's happening in Washington.

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