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• VW offering new diesel fuel caps

  May 23, 2013 3:55 AM

  VW is offering certain customers a friendly and potentially cost saving reminder. Volkswagen is replacing the fuel tank covers on more than 200,000 of its diesel vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada. Dealers will put on a new fuel cap with yellow "diesel" lettering for free. The move... more »

• Boehner hopes to have outline of plan soon

  July 24, 2011 3:52 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - House Speaker John Boehner is working on a plan to prevent the first government default in U.S. history. He hopes to have at least a framework of a deal ready this afternoon. Boehner says if Democrats don't go along, Republicans will act alone. The government will... more »

• Bad toothaches no longer have to slow you down

  March 4, 2011 12:09 PM

  A toothache sent Laura Englund to the dentist. X-rays revealed that she had a decaying tooth and to fix it, she needed a specialized cap called a crown to be placed atop her tooth. "I've heard of it. Never had one," says Englund. "All I've heard were the horror stories... more »

• CU-Boulder chancellor opposes lower tuition cap

  October 13, 2010 8:27 AM

  The University of Colorado regents are expected to consider a 4 percent cap on tuition increases, lower than the 9.5 percent cap recently requested by administrators. Regents were scheduled to consider the lower cap during their meeting Wednesday. CU-Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano spoke against the proposal Tuesday. ... more »

• BP could begin capping operation today

  August 3, 2010 8:07 AM

  BP engineers in the Gulf of Mexico want to start sealing up the blown-out oil well today, but first they're running a test. They plan to probe the busted blowout preventer with an oil-like liquid to determine whether it can handle the sealing-up process, called a "static kill." If... more »

• New BP chief: Priority is plugging well for good

  July 27, 2010 9:49 AM

  The newly named CEO of BP says his top priority is sealing its blown oil well for good and cleaning and restoring the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Dudley said he does not expect any more oil to gush into the Gulf as BP moves to permanently plug the well... more »

• BP ready to test oil well cap

  July 15, 2010 10:56 AM

  They've fixed a leak -- and now engineers for BP are getting ready to see if a new cap on the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico is enough to contain the gusher. The test will involve closing off all three openings in the cap, and then monitoring... more »

• BP says relief well on hold for test of new cap

  July 14, 2010 9:29 AM

  BP says it temporarily halted drilling on a relief well meant to permanently plug its Gulf of Mexico oil leak while it prepares to test a temporary cap on the well. Kent Wells, a senior vice president in the company, said at a Wednesday morning news briefing they were... more »

• Testing delayed on oil well cap

  July 14, 2010 8:26 AM

  BP is delaying critical tests on a new well cap designed to finally stop the flow of oil in the Gulf of Mexico after government officials said more analysis was needed on the plan. BP engineers were scheduled to start slowly shutting off valves on the 75-ton metal stack... more »

• BP to start testing new cap on Gulf oil well

  July 13, 2010 8:14 AM

  Testing of a new, tighter cap on the Gulf gusher begins today to see if the device can stop the spewing crude. BP plans to gradually shut the valves to see if the oil stops or if it starts leaking from another part of the well. BP robots finished... more »

• BP ahead of schedule on cap; releases latest costs

  July 12, 2010 8:12 AM

  BP says it's ahead of schedule as underwater robots steadily assemble heavy metal pieces in what could be the most significant progress yet toward containing the Gulf oil spill. BP is aiming for completion today of a new, tighter cap it hopes will allow the containment of all the... more »

• Spill could be contained soon?

  July 9, 2010 6:45 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It could be a different situation at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico a few days from now. Crews will be replacing a leaky containment cap on the blown-out well, and a ship that is supposed to collect oil from a different part of the... more »

• Cap collecting Gulf oil, unclear how much though

  June 4, 2010 10:03 AM

  Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen says a cap has been collecting some of the Gulf oil gusher, but crews will not know how much until later in the day. Allen said Friday that the cap started siphoning oil and gas to a tanker on the surface overnight. Allen says... more »

• President Obama wants social security 'fix'

  February 19, 2010 3:47 PM

  President Barack Obama says Social Security is slowly running out of money but that it can exist well into the future with a slight fix. The system is funded with a tax on earnings, up to $109,000 a year. Obama says lifting that cap to tax a larger share... more »