GULF OIL SPILL Updates: "Coast Guard officials said they were not expecting landfall for the spill in the next three days. But Doug Helton, the incident operations coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration emergency response division, said winds would change Wednesday and start pushing the spill north and west toward the Mississippi Delta. It is going to land eventually,� Mr. Helton said. " "With a vast oil slick now within only 20 miles of the ecologically fragile Louisiana coastline, Coast Guard officials said they were considering a controlled burn� of the petroleum on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico." "Administration officials also met Tuesday with top executives of BP, which was leasing the rig and is required by law to pay for the cleanup. Last fall, as the federal government was weighing tougher safety and environmental rules for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, BP objected, saying its voluntary programs were successful." Based on our limited experience, birds and mammals are more capable of handling the risk of a local fire and temporary smoke plume than of handling the risk posed by a spreading oil slick. Birds flying in the plume can become disoriented, and could suffer toxic effects. This risk, however, is minimal when compared to oil coating and ingestion.�

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors dumped stocks for a second day Tuesday, prolonging a break from a huge four-week rally as the market girds itself for potentially grim earnings reports.

Michael Jordan's son Marcus chooses ... Central Florida? A certain amount of pressure comes with being an athlete's child. You're supposed to be just as good as pops (or mom) was, or even better, and if you're not, people wonder what went wrong. It's a tough life. Then again, if you're a former pro athlete's child, you're probably mind-blowingly wealthy, so the pity only goes so far.

Vacancy rates in these spots spell lots of empty neighborhoods.