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Several relatives of 104-year-old reclusive heiress Huguette Clark went to court Friday, asking for a guardian to protect her.

Federal investigators have decided a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee was arson. Construction – Arson – Tennessee – Islam – Business

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While the two accidents don’t do much to help the image of offshore drilling, they appear to have little in common. The BP disaster took place on a drilling rig that was on the very cutting edge of oil exploration. The rig had previously drilled to the furthest depth ever attained: 35,000 feet